An ivory bowl from Early Iron Age Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel)

Manufacture, Meaning and Memory

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3919933
AutoresAren M Maeir (0000-0003-3230-292X, Bar-Ilan University), Brent Davis (0000-0001-9471-2903, The University of Melbourne), L K Horwitz (0000-0002-8776-8658, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Yotam Asscher (0000-0003-4031-8972, Weizmann Institute of Science), Louise A Hitchcock (0000-0002-1470-2519, The University of Melbourne)
Ano2015
Volume47
Fascículo3
Páginas414-438
Data de publicação2015-05-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2015.1009154
OpenAlexW2016307936
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas40

In 2013, an ivory bowl was discovered in a chalky matrix in the Early Iron Age (Philistine) levels in Area A at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Conservation revealed it to be a shallow vessel with a single lug handle, decorated in the interior and on the base with an incised twelve-petal lotus-rosette surrounded by five concentric circles. Applying an object biography approach, we investigate the history and far-flung socio-cultural connections of the Tell es-Safi/Gath bowl, which is unique within Philistia. Specific reference is made to parallels in the ivory hoard from the Late Bronze/Iron Age transition (c. late twelfth century/early eleventh century bce) palace at Megiddo, Stratum VIIA. It is proposed that the Tell es-Safi/Gath bowl was one of a set manufactured somewhere in Canaan. The vessel became separated from the set, ending up as a foundation offering at this Philistine site

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Hoard · Iron Age · Literature · Old French · Polychrome · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History