{"product_id":"tel-miqne-101-gitin-9781646022175","title":"Tel Miqne 10\/1: Tel Miqne-Ekron Excavations 1994-1996, Field IV Upper and Field V, the Elite Zone Part 1: Iron Age IIc Temple Complex","description":"\u003cp\u003eTel Miqne-Ekron is one of the largest and most significant Iron Age archaeological sites in Israel. Based on fourteen seasons of excavations, this volume in the Tel Miqne series documents remarkable finds from the late Iron Age II Philistine temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmediately before its destruction at the hands of the Neo-Babylonians, the biblical city of Ekron had reached its zenith as a vassal of the Neo-Assyrian empire. The remains from Temple Complex 650 mirror Ekron's wealth and position at the crossroads between Neo-Assyrian, Phoenician, and Philistine cultural traditions. This archaeological report contains stratigraphic analyses; a discussion of the temple's architectural features; analyses of small finds, including a remarkable trove of ivory objects; comprehensive documentation, including quantification analyses of the vast ceramic assemblage; and, importantly, a discussion of the Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription, considered one of Israel's most noteworthy archaeological finds of the twentieth century. Together with the evidence from the other fields of excavation, \u003ci\u003eTel Miqne-Ekron 10\/1 \u003c\/i\u003eestablishes the basis for defining Ekron as the type-site for Philistia in the Iron Age II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential resource for archaeologists, biblical scholars, and historians specializing in the ancient Near East, \u003ci\u003eTel Miqne-Ekron 10\/1 \u003c\/i\u003eis of vital importance for reconstructing the history of the Southern Levant in the Iron Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the coauthors, the contributors include Eleanor F. Beach, David Ben-Shlomo, Baruch Brandl, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Alexandra S. Drenka, Adi Erlich, Amir Golani, Edward F. Maher, Ianir Milevski, Alla Rabinovich, Christa SchSfer-Lichtenberger, and Anna de Vincenz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gitin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646022173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646022175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eisenbrauns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.26h x 8.66w x 1.02d","brand":"Gitin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073890316543,"sku":"9781646022175","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9af6032-f435-458f-b526-8f2203bb1315.jpg?v=1685450521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tel-miqne-101-gitin-9781646022175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}