Tel Azekah 113 years after: preliminary evaluation of the renewed excavations at the site

Tel Azekah is located on a prominent ridge in the heart of the Judean Lowlands, Israel. Biblical as well as extrabiblical sources mention Azekah as one of the Judahite border towns of the late eighth to early sixth century b.c.e. that faced the territory of the Philistines. The site was first excava...

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Authors: Lipshits, ʿOded 1963- (Author) ; Gadot, Yuval 1967- (Author) ; Oeming, Manfred 1955- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press December 2012
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2012, Volume: 75, Issue: 4, Pages: 196-206
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hebrew language / Inscription
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Aseka
B Ostrakon
B Lakhish City
B Bronze Age
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Summary:Tel Azekah is located on a prominent ridge in the heart of the Judean Lowlands, Israel. Biblical as well as extrabiblical sources mention Azekah as one of the Judahite border towns of the late eighth to early sixth century b.c.e. that faced the territory of the Philistines. The site was first excavated in 1898-1899 by the British archaeologist F. J. Bliss, assisted by R. A. S. Macalister, on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund. In the summer of 2012, 113 years later, excavations were renewed by the Tel-Aviv and Heidelberg Lautenschlüger Azekah expedition. This article presents the research goals of the team, followed by a preliminary report of the finds from the first season, including substantial remains from the Late Bronze Age. Other remains found date to the Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Iron Age II, and Hellenistic and Late Roman periods.
ISSN:1094-2076
Contains:Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology