Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City Jerusalem Volume III: Area E and Other Studies, Final Report by Hillel Geva
Table of Contents
Preface—Hillel Geva IX Contributors XI Abbreviations XII List of Plans, Sections, Figures, and Plates XIII
PART ONE: STRATIGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE, AND FINDS FROM AREA E
Chapter One: Stratigraphy and Architecture Hillel Geva 1
Chapter Two: Perforated Stone Basins Ronny Reich and Hillel Geva 79
Chapter Three: Iron Age II Pottery Irit Yezerski 84
Chapter Four: Local Pottery of the Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods Hillel Geva and Malka Hershkovitz 94
Chapter Five: Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Lamps and Fine Ware Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom 144
Chapter Six: Imported Amphoras Gerald Finkielsztejn 168
Chapter Seven: Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery Jodi Magness 184
Chapter Eight: Coins Donald T. Ariel 192
Chapter Nine: Stone Artifacts Hillel Geva 218
Chapter Ten: Glass Vessels Yael Gorin-Rosen 239
Chapter Eleven: Bone Artifacts Hillel Geva 266
Chapter Twelve (a): Metal Artifacts Oren Gutfeld and Ravit Nenner-Soriano 272
Chapter Twelve (b): Scientific Analysis and Interpretation of the Copper-Alloy Metalwork Matthew Ponting 283
Chapter Thirteen: Hebrew and Aramaic Inscriptions Esther Eshel 301
Chapter Fourteen: Stamp Impressions of the Legio X Fretensis Hillel Geva 307
Chapter Fifteen: Miscellaneous Finds Ravit Nenner-Soriano 310 Appendix: Examination of Beads—Naomi Porat 311
Chapter Sixteen: Animal Remains Liora Kolska Horwitz and Omri Lernau 315
Chapter Seventeen: Shells Henk K. Mienis 316
Concordance of Finds from Area E Ravit Nenner-Soriano 320
Color Plates
PART TWO: STUDIES ON VARIOUS FINDS FROM THE JEWISH QUARTER
Chapter Eighteen: Stone Scale Weights of the Late Second Temple Period from the Jewish Quarter Ronny Reich 329
Chapter Nineteen: Hebrew and Aramaic Inscriptions from the Jewish Quarter Esther Eshel 389
Chapter Twenty: Shells from Area A Henk K. Mienis 408
Chapter Twenty-One: Refuse of a Glass Workshop of the Second Temple Period from Area J Yael Israeli and Natalya Katsnelson 411
Chapter Twenty-Two: Silver Abundances in Pottery from Areas A and E David Adan-Bayewitz, Frank Asaro and Robert D. Giauque 461