Imported Cypriot Pottery in Twelfth-Century B.C. Ashkelon
It has been suggested that the collapse of the Late Bronze Age trading networks severed connections between Cyprus and the Philistine cities of the southern Levant. However, the excavators of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon have uncovered two examples of vessels made in Cyprus and then imported...
| Published in: | Bulletin of ASOR |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2015
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Bulletin of ASOR
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HH Archaeology KBK Europe (East) KBL Near East and North Africa TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Neutron Activation Analysis
B Cypriot Pottery B Petrography B ASHKELON (Israel) B Cyprus B Philistine B Ascalon B Iron Age I B Philistines B Twelfth century |
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| Summary: | It has been suggested that the collapse of the Late Bronze Age trading networks severed connections between Cyprus and the Philistine cities of the southern Levant. However, the excavators of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon have uncovered two examples of vessels made in Cyprus and then imported to Philistia during the mid-12th century B.C. These vessels are characterized below, and the consequences of their discovery are briefly addressed. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.373.0235 |