A composite ceramic Iron Age II figurine from the Jerusalem Jewish Quarter excavations
During the 2003 season of excavations at the Hurva Synagogue (Area X-9) in the Jewish Quarter, a fragment of the lower part of a unique ceramic figurine was uncovered. The figurine is made of clay similar to that of the Judahite pillar figurines of the end of the Iron Age. The fragment presents the...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Israel exploration journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iron age
/ Figurine
/ Ceramics
/ Jerusalem
/ Excavation
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HH Archaeology |
| Summary: | During the 2003 season of excavations at the Hurva Synagogue (Area X-9) in the Jewish Quarter, a fragment of the lower part of a unique ceramic figurine was uncovered. The figurine is made of clay similar to that of the Judahite pillar figurines of the end of the Iron Age. The fragment presents the lower part of the exposed legs, attached to the figurine’s back, which protrudes slightly out on both sides. The figurine’s base is rounded and concave. The upper part of the figurine is mouldmade, whereas the base was shaped by hand. The figurine is important as it reflects the transition from the plaque figurines, which were very popular in the Late Bronze Age and continued, albeit less frequently, until the end of the Iron Age II, to the pillar figurines, which replaced them in Judaea and Jerusalem at the end of the Iron Age. The figurine in question was produced in Jerusalem sometime in the late ninth–eighth century BCE, when settlement began on the Southwestern Hill. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-2059 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal
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