Field report on the 2020 german-israeli Tell Iẓṭabbā excavation project (Beth She'an), Israel

This article deals with the results of the second excavation campaign of the German-Israeli Excavation Project at Tell Irtabbd, which is the location of the Seleucid-period founded town of Nysa (Scythopolis). The second excavation campaign, which forms the third season of our joint German-Israeli re...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Authors: Ebeling, Philip (Author) ; Edrey, Meir (Author) ; Harpak, Tamar (Author) ; Lichtenberger, Achim 1970- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Harrassowitz 2021
In: Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins
Year: 2021, Volume: 137, Issue: 1, Pages: 60-74
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Seleukiden / Lost articles / Excavation / Menschlicher Überrest / Bet Shean
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
HH Archaeology
Description
Summary:This article deals with the results of the second excavation campaign of the German-Israeli Excavation Project at Tell Irtabbd, which is the location of the Seleucid-period founded town of Nysa (Scythopolis). The second excavation campaign, which forms the third season of our joint German-Israeli research project, was carried out in the month of February 2020; the focus of the season was an excavation in a new area (Area D) located between the previously opened areas of excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority (Area Z) and ours (Area C) in the southeastern terrace of Tell I!,tabbii (East). As in the previous seasons, the excavated evidence sheds light on the Seleucid-period foundation site and its Hasmonean destruction and also produces records on earlier (mainly Early Bronze Age) occupations. Most remarkable was the exploration of a late antique 'Podium Building' and the examination of Roman architectural decorative items providing insights into the post-Seleucid occupation history of the site.
ISSN:0012-1169
Contains:Enthalten in: Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins