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In this volume honoring Tel Aviv University archaeologist David Ussishkin, colleagues and students representing some of the major names in the field today present 25 essays on a variety of topics of interest to the honoree. The contributions cover a range of periods from the Late Bronze Age through the Persian period and disparate subjects such as Judahite bullae, destruction levels at Megiddo, a diversity of results from various tells in Israel (and one in Jordan), Egyptian influence on Canaan, the city of Jerusalem and its temple, and much on the archaeology of the Shephelah, an area of particular interest to the honoree—who is best known for his excavations at Tell ed-Duweir, the site of biblical Lachish. The volume takes its title from a reference in one of the Lachish ostraca. From 1966 until his retirement in 2004, David Ussishkin taught in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University. Between 1975 and 1978, he served as Chair of the Department, and between 1980 and 1984 as the Director of the Institute of Archaeology. In 1996, he was nominated incumbent of the Austria Chair in Archaeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period. He served as the editor of Tel Aviv: The Journal of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University for 30 years.

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Author:   Israel Finkelstein ,  Nadav Na'aman
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Eisenbrauns
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.043kg
ISBN:  

9781575062051

ISBN 10:   1575062054
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   30 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Publications of David Ussishkin Indelible Impression: Petrographic Analysis of Judahite Bullae Eran Arie, Yuval Goren, and Inbal Samet Excavations at Tel Malḥata: An Interim Report Itzhaq Beit-Arieh Close Yet Apart: Diverse Cultural Dynamics at Iron Age Beth-Shemesh and Lachish Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On: The Possible Destruction by Earthquake of Stratum VIA at Megiddo Eric H. Cline Tel Azekah: A New Look at the Site and Its “Judean” Fortress Yehuda Dagan Why Did Nebuchadnezzar II Destroy Ashkelon in Kislev 604 b.c.e. Alexander Fantalkin Tall al-Umayri in the Iron Age I: Facts and Fiction, with an Appendix on the History of the Collared Rim Pithoi Israel Finkelstein From Megiddo to Tamassos and Back: Putting the “Proto-Ionic Capital” in Its Place Norma Franklin Voyage to Yarimuta Baruch Halpern Iron Age IIA Occupational Phases in the Coastal Plain of Israel Zeʾev Herzog and Lily Singer-Avitz Distribution and Use of Storage Vessels in the Kingdom of Judah Hayah Katz and Avraham Faust Inside the Walls of Nehemiah’s Jerusalem: Naboth’s Vineyard Ernst Axel Knauf The Evolution of the 8th-Century b.c.e. Jerusalem Temple André Lemaire The Origin and Date of the Volute Capitals from the Levant Oded Lipschits Comparative Aspects of the Aramean Siege System at Tell Eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath Aren M. Maeir and Shira Gur-Arieh Egyptian-Type Pottery at Late Bronze Age Megiddo Mario A. S. Martin Tel Reḥov in the Assyrian Period: Squatters, Burials and a Hebrew Seal Amihai Mazar and Shmuel Aḥituv The Shephelah according to the Amarna Letters Nadav Naʾman Reconsidering the Buildings in Area A at Edomite Buseirah Ronny Reich The Persian Period City Wall of Jerusalem Margreet Steiner Phoenician Clay Masks from Tel Dor Ephraim Stern The Waters of Shiloah (Isaiah 8:5–8) H. G. M. Williamson On the Toponymy of the Jezreel Valley and Adjacent Plains Ran Zadok Reexamining Area DD at Megiddo Anabel Zarzecki-Peleg Ruin Cults at Iron Age I Hazor Sharon Zuckerman

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