Dating the Iron Age IIB Archaeological Horizon in Israel and Judah: A Reinvestigation of ‘Neo-Assyrian (Period)’ Sigillographic and Ceramic Chronological…

Pieter Gert van der Veen

doi:10.5771/9783963270871

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-96327-086-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-96327-087-1
Publisher: Zaphon, Münster
Series: Ägypten und Altes Testament
Volume: 98
Language: English
Pages: 224
Product Type: Monograph

1. Foreword No access
2. Contents No access
1. 1 The Ultimate Aim of this Study: Establishing Absolute Dates No access
2. 2 The Material Studied in this Volume No access
3. 3 Methodological Considerations No access
4. 4 Consequences That are beyond the Scope of the Present Volume No access
1. 1. 1.1.1 Introduction No access
  2. 1.1.2 Conclusions: Chronological Parameters No access
2. 1. 1.2.1 The Shema Seal No access
  2. 1.2.2 The Stratigraphic Context No access
3. EXCURSUS 1: Does Amos’ Earthquake Provide a Plausible Archaeological Context? No access
4. EXCURSUS 2: The Duration of Iron Age IIA and Its terminus post quem in Israel No access
1. 2.1 General Introduction No access
2. 1. 2.2.1 Cis- and Transjordanian Imitations and Their Late Assyrian Prototypes No access
  2. 2.2.2 ‘Assyrian-Style’ Imitations: Predating Assyrian Prototypes? No access
  3. 2.2.3 Are Lower Dates Indeed Constrained by Historical Correlations? No access
  4. 2.2.4 ‘Assyrian-Style’ Pottery and Its Impact on Chronology No access
  5. 2.2.5 Genuine ‘Assyrian-Style’ Pottery from Assyria No access
  6. 2.2.6 A terminus post quem within Assyria Proper No access
  7. 2.2.7 Imitated ‘Assyrian-Style’ and Associated ‘Edomite-Style’ Pottery: Mainly from Cisjordan No access
  8. 2.2.8 ‘Assyrian-Style’ Pottery from Iron Age IIB Strata in Israel and Judah No access
  9. 2.2.9 The Arad-Beerscheba-Valley Sites: post 701 B.C. = post-Lachish III? No access
  10. 2.2.10 ‘Assyrian-Style’ Pottery Even at Lachish Level III? No access
  11. 2.2.11 Anachronistic ‘Bathtub Coffins’ No access
  12. 2.2.12 Conclusions No access
3. EXCURSUS 1: The Earliest Late Iron Age II ‘Edomite Pottery’ and Its Assumed Judaean Chronological Linchpin: One Step out with Evidence? No access
4. ADDENDUM 1: Problems with 14C Dates from Edom No access
5. EXCURSUS 2: Some Enigmatic ‘Assyrian-Style’ Objects from Kfar Veradim and Tel Dan No access
1. 3.1 General Introduction No access
2. 1. 3.2.1 701 B.C. or Later? A Summary of Some Recent Discussions No access
3. 1. 3.3.1 The Use of Religious and Political Symbols during the Pax Assyriaca in the Southern Levant No access
  2. 3.3.2 The Stamped Jar Handle Emblems and Their Possible Connotations No access
4. 3.4 Conclusions No access
5. EXCURSUS 1: The Use of the Royal Jars: A Tentative Proposal No access
6. EXCURSUS 2: Official Names-Seal Impressions on Type 484 Storage Jars: Lack of Positive Markers, Some Speculations No access
1. 4.1 Conclusions: The termini post and ante quem of Iron Age IIB No access
2. 1. 4.2.1 The Destruction of Lachish Level III: When did it Happen? No access
  2. 4.2.2 Manasseh’s Building Projects: The ‘Second Wall’ and the Siloam-Tunnel No access
  3. 4.2.3 The Topography and Prosperity of Manasseh’s Kingdom No access
Abbreviations No access Pages 179 - 182
Bibliography No access Pages 183 - 220
Tables and Figures No access Pages 221 - 222