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Download Chapter 5: Lead Sling Bullets (543 KB)

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Download Chapter 8: The Maresha Scale Weights: Metrology, Administration and History (719 KB)

Download Chapter 9: The Sekoma: A Volume Standard for Liquids (1.1 MB)

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Description

This is the third volume in the series of final reports on the extensive IAA excavations in the Lower City of Maresha during 1989–2000. A short report is given of the excavation of the complexes in which the epigraphic material was found. The epigraphic material includes Semitic ostraca, vessel and ostraca graffiti, and Greek-inscribed altars. Also described here are lead weights, their production, standards and historical implications. The processes of urbanization – economy, sociology and town planning – are explored based on the epigraphic finds, and finally, the ethnic, cultural and historical implications are presented.

EISBN

9789654065832

Publication Date

1-11-2010

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority

City

Jerusalem

Keywords

Hellenistic city, subterranean complexes, ostraca, lead weights, lower city

Disciplines

Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Maresha Excavations Final Report III: Epigraphic Finds from the 1989–2000 Seasons

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