Esther Eshel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4046867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther Eshel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther |
| FAMILY NAME | Eshel |
| SIGNATURE | ESHEL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Assemblage of Bullae (and a Seal) from Building 101 at Tel ʿEton and the Development of “Administrative Technology” in Judah
An Aramaic-Inscribed Cultic Object from Tulûl Mas‘ud, Elyakhin
A copper-alloy object bearing an incised Aramaic inscription in lapidary script was found on the surface, about halfway up the hill of Tulûl Mas‘ud, in the Sharon plain. The object was recently studied by a multidisciplinary research group of specialists in archaeology, epigraphy, forensic science and analytical archaeology to better understand the artifact in its original cultural and spatial setting. The results attest that the object was proba…
A Second Temple Period Inscription on a Stone Ossuary Lid from the City of David, Jerusalem
A stone fragment bearing a Hebrew or Aramaic inscription was discovered in the debris piled up along the Early Roman period Stepped Street in the Tyropoeon Valley, on the west slope of the City of David hill. The inscription preserves part of a list mentioning proper names and sums of money. Similar lists are known from the Second Temple period, commonly interpreted as payment received or rendered from individuals. This is the first inscription t…
Hoard of Ptolemaic Coins found in Murabba‘at Cave II in the Judean Desert
Murabba‘at Cave II is situated in the cliffy area on the northern bank of Naḥal Darga, about 2 km west of the Dead Sea. It is a complex cave formed by the dissolution of Shivṭa-Formation limestone below the water table. Its total length is approximately 90 m and it has three levels. Previous excavations have shown the cave to be one of the richest in the Judean Desert in terms of finds from various periods. Among the many finds was an ancient woo…
Two Iron Age Alphabetic Inscriptions from Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel
This paper presents two brief alphabetic inscriptions from Area D in the lower city of Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, both deriving from Iron Age IIA contexts. The first is written in an Early Alphabetic script similar to an inscription previously published from the site (Maeir et al. 2008) and is interpreted as being related to the storage of wine. The second, written in later, “formalized” alphabetic script, is quite fragmentary and difficult to decipher, …
Metallurgical Characterization of a Copper-Alloy Aramaic-Inscribed Object from Tulûl Mas‘ud (Elyakhin)
An Aramaic-inscribed object made of copper-alloy was discovered in 1993 in the south-western part of Tulûl Mas‘ud (Moshav Elyakhin) and has recently been studied using an archaeometallurgical approach. Based on visual testing and multifocal light microscopy observation, the object was probably produced in a nearby workshop, with the inscription engraved using a sharp tool during the production process. Given the larger assemblage of inscribed cop…
New Perspectives on Aramaic Epigraphy in Mesopotamia, Qumran, Egypt and Idumea: Proceedings of the Joint Riab Minerva Center and the Jeselsohn Epigraphic Center of Jewish History Conference. Research …
This volume contains the proceedings of two international meetings held by the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times (RIAB) in Ramat-Gan/Jerusalem (March 2017) and Leipzig (May 2018). Most of the papers relate to various aspects of the Aramaic epigraphy in different contexts with a second part of the volume dealing with Idumean ostraca. The papers will be of interest to ancient historians, archaeologists of th…
Maresha Excavations Final Report III: Epigraphic Finds from the 1989-2000 Seasons
Maresha Excavations Final Report III
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 proce…
Language and Writing in Early Roman Galilee: Social location of a potter’s abecedary from Khirbet Qana
Aramaic Scribal Exercises of the Hellenistic Period from Maresha: Bowls A and B
In the excavations at Maresha, parts of four bowls with 16 inscriptions written on both the interior and exterior were found. This article discusses seven inscriptions written on two bowls by different hands, thus identified as scribal exercises, in a cursive Aramaic script of the late third or the beginning of the second century B.C.E. The inscriptions on Bowl A include part of a wisdow text, a registration of a daily harvest, and an account. Bo…
Qumran Corner: The Greek King Is Antiochus IV (4QHistorical Text=4Q248)
Le fragment de Qumran 4Q248, en depit de son etat fragmentaire, offre quelques renseignements sur les dons de Antiochus IV Epiphane dans les annees 170-168 avant notre ere. On decouvre des informations sur la vente de terre en Egypte, du materiel permettant d'eclairer un verset difficile de Daniel qui raconte que le monarche seleucide avait fait la meme chose en Palestine. Cette composition fut probablement redigee un peu apres l'edition du livre…
Qumran Corner: 4Q477: The Rebukes by the Overseer
Transcription, traduction et commentaire de fragments de manuscrits provenant de Qumran; ce sont visiblement des blâmes prononces par le maitre de la secte essenienne a l'encontre de ses disciples
Qumran Corner: A Polemical Qumran Fragment
Qumran Corner: The Greek King Is Antiochus IV (4QHistorical Text=4Q248)
Le fragment de Qumran 4Q248, en depit de son etat fragmentaire, offre quelques renseignements sur les dons de Antiochus IV Epiphane dans les annees 170-168 avant notre ere. On decouvre des informations sur la vente de terre en Egypte, du materiel permettant d'eclairer un verset difficile de Daniel qui raconte que le monarche seleucide avait fait la meme chose en Palestine. Cette composition fut probablement redigee un peu apres l'edition du livre…
Qumran Corner: 4Q477: The Rebukes by the Overseer
Transcription, traduction et commentaire de fragments de manuscrits provenant de Qumran; ce sont visiblement des blâmes prononces par le maitre de la secte essenienne a l'encontre de ses disciples
Qumran Corner: A Polemical Qumran Fragment
Qumran Corner: 4Q477: The Rebukes by the Overseer
Transcription, traduction et commentaire de fragments de manuscrits provenant de Qumran; ce sont visiblement des blâmes prononces par le maitre de la secte essenienne a l'encontre de ses disciples
Qumran Corner: The Greek King Is Antiochus IV (4QHistorical Text=4Q248)
Le fragment de Qumran 4Q248, en depit de son etat fragmentaire, offre quelques renseignements sur les dons de Antiochus IV Epiphane dans les annees 170-168 avant notre ere. On decouvre des informations sur la vente de terre en Egypte, du materiel permettant d'eclairer un verset difficile de Daniel qui raconte que le monarche seleucide avait fait la meme chose en Palestine. Cette composition fut probablement redigee un peu apres l'edition du livre…
Aramaic Scribal Exercises of the Hellenistic Period from Maresha: Bowls A and B
In the excavations at Maresha, parts of four bowls with 16 inscriptions written on both the interior and exterior were found. This article discusses seven inscriptions written on two bowls by different hands, thus identified as scribal exercises, in a cursive Aramaic script of the late third or the beginning of the second century B.C.E. The inscriptions on Bowl A include part of a wisdow text, a registration of a daily harvest, and an account. Bo…
Maresha Excavations Final Report III: Epigraphic Finds from the 1989-2000 Seasons
Maresha Excavations Final Report III
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 proce…
Language and Writing in Early Roman Galilee: Social location of a potter’s abecedary from Khirbet Qana
New Perspectives on Aramaic Epigraphy in Mesopotamia, Qumran, Egypt and Idumea: Proceedings of the Joint Riab Minerva Center and the Jeselsohn Epigraphic Center of Jewish History Conference. Research …
This volume contains the proceedings of two international meetings held by the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times (RIAB) in Ramat-Gan/Jerusalem (March 2017) and Leipzig (May 2018). Most of the papers relate to various aspects of the Aramaic epigraphy in different contexts with a second part of the volume dealing with Idumean ostraca. The papers will be of interest to ancient historians, archaeologists of th…
Two Iron Age Alphabetic Inscriptions from Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel
This paper presents two brief alphabetic inscriptions from Area D in the lower city of Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, both deriving from Iron Age IIA contexts. The first is written in an Early Alphabetic script similar to an inscription previously published from the site (Maeir et al. 2008) and is interpreted as being related to the storage of wine. The second, written in later, “formalized” alphabetic script, is quite fragmentary and difficult to decipher, …
Metallurgical Characterization of a Copper-Alloy Aramaic-Inscribed Object from Tulûl Mas‘ud (Elyakhin)
An Aramaic-inscribed object made of copper-alloy was discovered in 1993 in the south-western part of Tulûl Mas‘ud (Moshav Elyakhin) and has recently been studied using an archaeometallurgical approach. Based on visual testing and multifocal light microscopy observation, the object was probably produced in a nearby workshop, with the inscription engraved using a sharp tool during the production process. Given the larger assemblage of inscribed cop…
An Aramaic-Inscribed Cultic Object from Tulûl Mas‘ud, Elyakhin
A copper-alloy object bearing an incised Aramaic inscription in lapidary script was found on the surface, about halfway up the hill of Tulûl Mas‘ud, in the Sharon plain. The object was recently studied by a multidisciplinary research group of specialists in archaeology, epigraphy, forensic science and analytical archaeology to better understand the artifact in its original cultural and spatial setting. The results attest that the object was proba…
A Second Temple Period Inscription on a Stone Ossuary Lid from the City of David, Jerusalem
A stone fragment bearing a Hebrew or Aramaic inscription was discovered in the debris piled up along the Early Roman period Stepped Street in the Tyropoeon Valley, on the west slope of the City of David hill. The inscription preserves part of a list mentioning proper names and sums of money. Similar lists are known from the Second Temple period, commonly interpreted as payment received or rendered from individuals. This is the first inscription t…
Hoard of Ptolemaic Coins found in Murabba‘at Cave II in the Judean Desert
Murabba‘at Cave II is situated in the cliffy area on the northern bank of Naḥal Darga, about 2 km west of the Dead Sea. It is a complex cave formed by the dissolution of Shivṭa-Formation limestone below the water table. Its total length is approximately 90 m and it has three levels. Previous excavations have shown the cave to be one of the richest in the Judean Desert in terms of finds from various periods. Among the many finds was an ancient woo…
An Assemblage of Bullae (and a Seal) from Building 101 at Tel ʿEton and the Development of “Administrative Technology” in Judah
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