How to Date a City Wall?: The Case Study of Middle Bronze Age Lachish

The so-called ‘Revetment’, is a massive wall that has been entirely exposed over a length of c. 2 km at Tel Lachish in the years 1933–4. Based on historical considerations and the well-known Sennacherib relief that depicts the Assyrian attack of 701 bc, the wall was dated to the Iron Age. This was d...

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Main Author: Garfinḳel, Yosef 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Palestine exploration quarterly
Year: 2025, Volume: 157, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lakhish (City) / Case study / Excavation / Dating / Bronze Age
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Revetment
B City wall
B Fortifications
B Lachish
B dating methods
B Middle Bronze Age
B Sennacherib relief
B J. L. Starkey
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