Meẓad Yeroḥam : a caravanserai site of the Roman and Byzantine periods in the Negev highlands / Nicolas Benenstein, Oren Tal and Itamar Taxel ; with contributions by Donald T. Ariel [and 12 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benenstein, Nicolas, author.

Tal, Oren, author.

Taxel, Itamar, author.

Series:

Ägypten und Altes Testament ; Bd. 134.

Ägypten und Altes Testament, 0720-9061 ; Band 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caravansaries--Israel--Negev.

Caravansaries.

Pottery, Byzantine--Israel--Negev.

Pottery, Byzantine.

Coins, Roman--Israel--Negev.

Coins, Roman.

Yeroḥam (Israel)--Antiquities.

Yeroḥam (Israel).

Negev (Israel)--Antiquities.

Negev (Israel).

Antiquities.

Israel--Negev.

Israel--Yeroḥam.

Physical Description:

vi, 289 pages : illustrations (some color), map, plans (some color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Caravanserai site of the Roman and Byzantine periods in the Negev highlands

Place of Publication:

Münster : Zaphon, 2025.

Summary:

"Situated to the southwest of the modern town of Yeroḥam, in the heartland of other Negebite towns of the classical periods (Mampsis to its northeast, Elusa and Reḥovot-in-the-Negev to its northwest, Nessana and Sobota to its southwest and Oboda to its south), the site of Meẓad Yeroḥam has received little attention in modern research due to lack of publications. Surveyed by Palmer (1870) and Glueck (1954) and excavated by Cohen (1966-1967, 1993) and Baumgarten (2000), the site's four areas of excavations (A-D) revealed three layers of occupation dated from the Early Roman (1st/2nd century CE) through the Late Byzantine (6th and possibly early 7th century CE) period, based on the unearthed pottery and coins. While the early occupation at the site is restricted to Areas B and C, the site's current architectural landscape dates to the Byzantine period and illustrates a relatively dense settlement whose character -- apparently a caravanserai with a few buildings of military and domestic (familial) nature -- differs from contemporaneous Negebite large villages and townlets. This function and use may also hint at its character during earlier periods of occupation. ..."-- From Tel Aviv University abstract.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction / Oren Tal, Itamar Taxel and Nicolas Benenstein

Stratigraphy and architecture / Oren Tal, Itamar Taxel, Nicolas Benenstein and Ya'aqov Baumgarten

Architectural sculpture / Lihi Habas

The Roman and Byzantine necropoleis of Meẓad Yeroḥam / Pablo Betzer

Transit routes and agricultural hinterland in the periphery of Meẓad Yeroḥam / Ofer Sion, Yotam Tepper, Noi Shemesh, Alexander Wiegmann and Nicolas Benentein

Pottery / Itamar Taxel, Nicolas Benenstein and Oren Tal

Glass vessels and small objects made of glass, faience and stone / Ruth E. Jackson-Tal

Stone, plaster, bone and metal finds / Itamar Taxel, Oren Tal and Nicolas Benenstein

Coins / Donald T. Ariel

Greek ostraca / James G. Keenan

Dipinti / Oren Tal, Itamar Taxel and Nicolas Benenstein

A (fake) Ptolemaic cartouche / Deborah Sweeney

Shells / Henk K. Mienis and Oz Rittner

Summary and conclusions: synopsis of the findings and their meaning / Oren Tal, Itamar Taxel and Nicolas Benenstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783963273223

3963273224

OCLC:

1537993331

Publisher Number:

9783963273223