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Israel Exploration Journal Abbreviations VOLUME 63 • NUMBER 1 • 2013 CONTENTS 1 The Israel Exploration Society: 100 Years of Archaeological Activity I 6TALLAY ORNAN, STEVEN ORTIZ and SAMUEL WOLFF: A Newly Discovered Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal from Gezer in Context E Israel 26 MITCHELL BORNSTEIN: The Jerusalem Ostracon õøàð÷ìà Reconsidered J 39 EILAT MAZAR,DAVID BEN-SHLOMO and SHMUEL A¡ITUV: An Inscribed Pithos from the Ophel, Jerusalem 50 IRIT YEZERSKI: Typology and Chronology of the Iron Age II–III Judahite Rock-cut Tombs Exploration 78 ZVI URI MAªOZ: A Note on Pharanx Antiochus 83 YOEL ELITZUR: The Abba Cave: Unpublished Findings and a New Proposal Regarding Abba’s Identity 103 RENATE ROSENTHAL-HEGINBOTTOM: Reconsidering the Rock-Cut Burial Cave at Beit Nattif: A Response to Zissu and Klein Journal 109 NOTES AND NEWS 113 HEBREW BOOKS AND PAPERS 118 BOOKS RECEIVED — 2012 Page layout by Avraham Pladot Typesetting by Marzel A.S. — Jerusalem 63 VOLUME 63 • NUMBER 1 Printed by Old City Press, Jerusalem 1 JERUSALEM, ISRAEL • 2013 ISRAEL EXPLORATION JOURNAL ABBREVIATIONS AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ADAJ Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan Published twice yearly by the Israel Exploration Society and the Institute of AJA American Journal of Archaeology Archaeology of the Hebrew University, with the assistance of the Nathan AfO Archiv für Orientforschung Davidson Publication Fund in Archaeology, Samis Foundation, Seattle WA, ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament3, ed. J.B. Pritchard, and Dorot Foundation, Providence RI Princeton, 1969 BA The Biblical Archaeologist BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Founders BT Babylonian Talmud A. Reifenberg, D. Amiran CAD Chicago Assyrian Dictionary CIS Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Former Editors DSD Dead Sea Discoveries EI Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies Michael Avi-Yonah, Dan Barag, Jonas C. Greenfield, Baruch A. Levine, ESI Excavations and Surveys in Israel Miriam Tadmor IAA Reports Israel Antiquities Authority Reports IEJ Israel Exploration Journal JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society Editorial Board JBL Journal of Biblical Literature Shmuel A¢ituv and Amihai Mazar, Editors JCS Journal of Cuneiform Studies Tsipi Kuper-Blau, Executive Editor JEA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Joseph Aviram, President, Israel Exploration Society JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies KAI W. Donner and W. Röllig: Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften 1–3, Wiesbaden, 1962–1964; 15, 2002 Editorial Advisory Board NEAEHL The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land (English Edition), Jerusalem, 1993 Gideon Avni, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Israel Ephªal, Baruch A. PEQ Palestine Exploration Quarterly Levine, Aren M. Maeir, Gloria Merker, Ronny Reich, Myriam Rosen-Ayalon, PT Palestinian Talmud Zeev Weiss QDAP Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine RA Revue d’Assyriologieet d’ArchéologieOrientale RB Revue Biblique IEJ is now available online on JSTOR RE Pauly-Wissowa’s Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft RQ Revue de Qumran VT Vetus Testamentum Email: [email protected] ZA Zeitschrift für Assyriologie Books for review: Israel Exploration Journal, P.O.B. 7041, Jerusalem 91070, ZDPV Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins Israel Guidelines: http://israelexplorationsociety.huji.ac.il ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES 2013: $60 including postage or equivalent payable to Copyright © 2013 Israel Exploration Society the Israel Exploration Society, P.O.B. 7041, Jerusalem 91070, Israel. ISSN 0021-2059 All subscribers are entitled to a 25% reduction on the publications of the Society. Subscribers should give full name and postal address when paying their subscription, and should send notice of change of address at least five weeks before it is to take effect; the old as well as the new address should be given. The Editors are not responsible for opinions expressed by the contributors Single issue: $30 or equivalent. VOLUME 63 • NUMBER 1 • 2013 CONTENTS 1 The Israel Exploration Society: 100 Years of Archaeological Activity I 6TALLAY ORNAN, STEVEN ORTIZ and SAMUEL WOLFF: A Newly Discovered Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal from Gezer in Context E Israel 26 MITCHELL BORNSTEIN: The Jerusalem Ostracon õøàð÷ìà Reconsidered J 39 EILAT MAZAR,DAVID BEN-SHLOMO and SHMUEL A¡ITUV: An Inscribed Pithos from the Ophel, Jerusalem 50 IRIT YEZERSKI: Typology and Chronology of the Iron Age II–III Judahite Rock-cut Tombs Exploration 78 ZVI URI MAªOZ: A Note on Pharanx Antiochus 83 YOEL ELITZUR: The Abba Cave: Unpublished Findings and a New Proposal Regarding Abba’s Identity 103 RENATE ROSENTHAL-HEGINBOTTOM: Reconsidering the Rock-Cut Burial Cave at Beit Nattif: A Response to Zissu and Klein Journal 109 NOTES AND NEWS 113 HEBREW BOOKS AND PAPERS 118 BOOKS RECEIVED — 2012 Page layout by Avraham Pladot Typesetting by Marzel A.S. — Jerusalem 63 VOLUME 63 • NUMBER 1 Printed by Old City Press, Jerusalem 1 JERUSALEM, ISRAEL • 2013 ISRAEL EXPLORATION JOURNAL ABBREVIATIONS AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ADAJ Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan Published twice yearly by the Israel Exploration Society and the Institute of AJA American Journal of Archaeology Archaeology of the Hebrew University, with the assistance of the Nathan AfO Archiv für Orientforschung Davidson Publication Fund in Archaeology, Samis Foundation, Seattle WA, ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament3, ed. J.B. Pritchard, and Dorot Foundation, Providence RI Princeton, 1969 BA The Biblical Archaeologist BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Founders BT Babylonian Talmud A. Reifenberg, D. Amiran CAD Chicago Assyrian Dictionary CIS Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Former Editors DSD Dead Sea Discoveries EI Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies Michael Avi-Yonah, Dan Barag, Jonas C. Greenfield, Baruch A. Levine, ESI Excavations and Surveys in Israel Miriam Tadmor IAA Reports Israel Antiquities Authority Reports IEJ Israel Exploration Journal JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society Editorial Board JBL Journal of Biblical Literature Shmuel A¢ituv and Amihai Mazar, Editors JCS Journal of Cuneiform Studies Tsipi Kuper-Blau, Executive Editor JEA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Joseph Aviram, President, Israel Exploration Society JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies KAI W. Donner and W. Röllig: Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften 1–3, Wiesbaden, 1962–1964; 15, 2002 Editorial Advisory Board NEAEHL The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land (English Edition), Jerusalem, 1993 Gideon Avni, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Israel Ephªal, Baruch A. PEQ Palestine Exploration Quarterly Levine, Aren M. Maeir, Gloria Merker, Ronny Reich, Myriam Rosen-Ayalon, PT Palestinian Talmud Zeev Weiss QDAP Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine RA Revue d’Assyriologieet d’ArchéologieOrientale RB Revue Biblique IEJ is now available online on JSTOR RE Pauly-Wissowa’s Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft RQ Revue de Qumran VT Vetus Testamentum Email: [email protected] ZA Zeitschrift für Assyriologie Books for review: Israel Exploration Journal, P.O.B. 7041, Jerusalem 91070, ZDPV Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins Israel Guidelines: http://israelexplorationsociety.huji.ac.il ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES 2013: $60 including postage or equivalent payable to Copyright © 2013 Israel Exploration Society the Israel Exploration Society, P.O.B. 7041, Jerusalem 91070, Israel. ISSN 0021-2059 All subscribers are entitled to a 25% reduction on the publications of the Society. Subscribers should give full name and postal address when paying their subscription, and should send notice of change of address at least five weeks before it is to take effect; the old as well as the new address should be given. The Editors are not responsible for opinions expressed by the contributors Single issue: $30 or equivalent. A Newly Discovered Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal from Gezer in Context TALLAY ORNAN STEVEN ORTIZ SAMUEL WOLFF The Hebrew University Southwestern Baptist Israel Antiquities of Jerusalem Theological Seminary Authority ABSTRACT: The article discusses an Assyrianized cylinder seal found in 2007 in Gezer and its affinities to other Assyrian or Assyrianized cylinder seals made of hard semi-precious stones from Israel/Palestine and Jordan. By examining the seal in relation to other glyptic items found at Gezer, an effort is made to shed light on the role of Gezer during the period of the Assyrian conquest. A HALF-BROKEN cylinder seal was retrieved in July 2007 during the second season of the renewed excavations of Gezer, sponsored by Tandy Institute for Archaeol- ogy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Excavations and directed by Steven Ortiz and Samuel Wolff.1 Following a description of the seal’s archaeological context, material, work- manship and style, we will discuss its theme and associations with Neo-Assyrian imagery and its affinity to other Assyrian or Assyrianized cylinder seals made of similar stones from Israel/Palestine and Jordan. We will then examine it in rela- tion to other glyptic items found at Gezer, aiming to shed light on the role of Gezer during the period of the Assyrian conquest. ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT The locus in which the cylinder seal was found (square Y5, L22104) was a compact construction
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