RT Article
T1 Late Roman Workshops of Beit Nattif Figurines: Petrography, Typology, and Style
JF Bulletin of ASOR
IS 376
SP 151
OP 168
A1 Cohen-Weinberger, Anat
A1 Lichtenberger, Achim 1970-
LA English
PB The University of Chicago Press
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1577303768
AB In 1936, Dimitri Baramki published an assemblage of oil lamps and figurines that he had excavated in two cisterns at Beit Nattif in southern Judaea. This rich assemblage, which was waste material from a workshop, was the starting point to characterize a Beit Nattif style. This article discusses late Roman figurines from Beit Nattif and figurines from other places in the Beit Nattif style, which were petrographically analyzed for the first time. In total, 35 samples were taken, and the clay used to make the products found in the cisterns was identified. Additionally, Beit Nattif-style figurines from other excavations were analyzed. While some of these were made of clay from the Taqiye Formation, others originated from different sources. Since a number of the Beit Nattif-style figurines are also stylistically slightly different from the material from the cisterns in Beit Nattif, it is clear that there were several workshops in southern Judaea producing figurines in the Beit Nattif style. It is also argued, however, that Beit Nattif was a center for production, as figurines from there made their way to the north, even as far as Megiddo.
K1 BARAMKI, Dimitri
K1 Cisterns
K1 Figurines
K1 Judaea
K1 Petrology
K1 Roman
K1 TYPOLOGY (Psychology)
K1 Petrography
K1 terra-cotta figurines
DO 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.376.0151