The Chariots Engraving of Timna' (Israel) Revisited

This article offers a new interpretation of the so-called Chariots Engraving discovered in the Timna' Valley of Israel by Beno Rothenberg in 1960. Challenging previous interpretations, it suggests that the engraving was made in a single time frame and does not represent a multi-phased construct...

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Autor principal: Yekutieli, Yuval (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: The University of Chicago Press 2016
En: Bulletin of ASOR
Año: 2016, Número: 375, Páginas: 171-184
Clasificaciones IxTheo:HB Antiguo Testamento
HH Arqueología
KBL Oriente Medio
Otras palabras clave:B New Kingdom
B Mining
B Graphic arts
B Labor supply
B Engraving
B COPPER industry
B rock art
B COPPER mining
B Timna'
B Expedición
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Sumario:This article offers a new interpretation of the so-called Chariots Engraving discovered in the Timna' Valley of Israel by Beno Rothenberg in 1960. Challenging previous interpretations, it suggests that the engraving was made in a single time frame and does not represent a multi-phased construction project. By means of a detailed analysis, this article further proposes that the engraving portrays hunting activities performed by Egyptian military units attached to a late New Kingdom expedition at the Timna' Valley copper mines. This interpretation and additional considerations concerning the location of the engraving indicate that such military units performed various tasks in the expedition: protection, surveillance, control, and supply of game to the major body of the workforce.
ISSN:2161-8062
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.375.0171