Were Columbaria Used in Judah during the Late Iron Age?
An excavation in a farmstead near Jerusalem exposed several underground installations, of which the most noteworthy is a columbarium dated to the late Iron Age. While columbaria are traditionally dated in the Southern Levant to the Hellenistic period, a few columbaria excavated in the Jerusalem area...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Images in Transition
Year: 2024, Pages: 70-97 |
| Further subjects: | B
Late Iron Age
B Judah |
| Summary: | An excavation in a farmstead near Jerusalem exposed several underground installations, of which the most noteworthy is a columbarium dated to the late Iron Age. While columbaria are traditionally dated in the Southern Levant to the Hellenistic period, a few columbaria excavated in the Jerusalem area have unearthed much earlier evidence. How old is the columbaria phenomenon in the Ancient Near East, and should it still be dated to the Hellenistic period? |
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| Physical Description: | 11 Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß) |
| ISBN: | 9789042954410 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Images in Transition. The Southern Levant and its Imagery between Near Eastern and Greek Traditions from 5th-3rd Century BCE (Veranstaltung : 2017 : Bern), Images in Transition
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