Judean Pillar Figurines and "Bed Models" from Tell en-Naṣbeh: Typology and Petrographic Analysis

This article discusses the Judean Pillar Figurines found in Tell en-Naṣbeh. The site yielded the highest number of these Iron Age II figurines after Jerusalem. Our study focuses on the significance of this distribution, the contexts in which the figurines were found at the site, as well as a composi...

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Auteurs: Ben-Shlomo, David 1965- (Auteur) ; McCormick, Lauren K. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2021
Dans: Bulletin of ASOR
Année: 2021, Volume: 386, Pages: 23-46
Sujets non-standardisés:B Petrography
B domestic cult
B Judah
B Iron Age II
B bed models
B Jérusalem
B Judean Pillar Figurines
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Résumé:This article discusses the Judean Pillar Figurines found in Tell en-Naṣbeh. The site yielded the highest number of these Iron Age II figurines after Jerusalem. Our study focuses on the significance of this distribution, the contexts in which the figurines were found at the site, as well as a compositional (petrographic) analysis of their clay. Fifteen anthropomorphic figurines as well as five "bed models" were analyzed by thin section petrography. The results indicate these objects were not made of the commonly used local clay and were probably not locally produced at Tell en-Naṣbeh, though other types of clay objects were. The possibility that the figurines were produced in Jerusalem is discussed, as well as the implications of these results.
ISSN:2769-3589
Contient:Enthalten in: Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/715040