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Abstract

A total of 107 pottery vessels were discovered in the cave, dating from the Intermediate Bronze Age and Middle Bronze Age II. The Intermediate Bronze Age assemblage was found in situ and as such, is an important contribution to the study of this period in greater Jerusalem. The finds from this period include jars, a four-spouted lamp and a stopper. The MB II pottery includes piriform juglets, globular bowls, jugs, store jars and dipper juglets. Three unique specimens were found: an unusually decorated Tell el-Yahudiyeh juglet; a ring flask—the earliest of its kind in Canaan; and an intact bull-shaped rython. The small finds comprise metal daggers, toggle pins and rings/earrings, stone pommels, a whetstone, a bone bead and a single scarab.

Keywords

burial, cemetery, burial goods, typology, petrography, archaeozoology, decorative styles, Anatolian pottery

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