The ancient pottery of Israel and its neighbors : from the Iron Age through the Hellenistic period / Seymour Gitin, editor ; editorial board, Joseph Aviram, Amnon Ben-Tor, Ephraim Stern, Eli Yannai
- Published:
- Jerusalem : Israel Exploration Society, 2015.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (793 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Gitin, Seymour, Ḥevrah la-ḥaḳirat Erets-Yiśraʼel ṿe-ʻatiḳoteha, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Israel. Rashut ha-ʻatiḳot, and American Schools of Oriental Research
- Contents:
- Volume 1. Iron Age I : Northern coastal plain, Galilee, Samaria, Jezreel Valley, Judah, and Negev / Amihai Mazar -- Iron Age I : Philistia / Trude Dothan and Alexander Zukerman -- Iron Age I : Transjordan / Larry G. Herr -- Iron Age IIA-B : Northern coastal plain / Gunnar Lehmann -- Iron Age IIA-B : Northern valleys and Upper Galilee / Amnon Ben-Tor and Anabel Zarzecki-Peleg -- Iron Age IIA-B : Samaria / Ron E. Tappy -- Iron Age IIA-B : Judah and the Negev / Ze'ev Herzog and Lily Singer-Avitz -- Iron Age IIA-B : Philistia / Seymour Gitin -- Iron Age IIA-B : Transjordan / Larry G. Herr -- Iron Age IIC : Northern coast, Carmel coast, Galilee, and Jezreel Valley / Ayelet Gilboa -- Iron Age IIC : Samaria / Ron E. Tappy -- Iron Age IIC : Judah / Seymour Gitin -- Iron Age IIC : Northeastern Negev / Itzhaq Beit-Arieh and Liora Freud -- Iron Age IIC : Philistia / Seymour Gitin -- Iron Age IIC : Transjordan / Piotr Bienkowski -- Volume 2. Iron Age I-II Phoenician pottery / Ephraim Stern -- Iron Age I-II Cypriot imports and local imitations / Ayelet Gilboa -- Iron Age I-II : Greek imports / Jane C. Waldbaum -- Iron Age IIC Assyrian-type pottery / Ephraim Stern -- Iron Age IB-IIC Egyptian and Egyptian-type pottery / Eliezer D. Oren -- Persian period / Ephraim Stern -- Persian period imports / Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom -- Hellenistic period / Andrea M. Berlin -- Hellenistic period imported pottery / Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom.
- Summary:
- These two volumes offer a comprehensive corpus of ceramic forms and their typological development organized according to period, geographical region, and cultural tradition. The focus of each chapter is on the most characteristic pottery types and decorative motifs selected from a wide range of sites. Unique in scope, this publication presents a wide range of ceramic types accompanied by specially prepared pottery plates and color photos illustrating thousands of forms. A classic reference work, it serves as an essential resource for archaeologists and other scholars and students of ancient Near Eastern studies.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9789652211026 (set)
9652211028 (set)
9789652211033 (vol. 1)
9652211036 (vol. 1)
9789652211040 (vol. 2)
9652211044 (vol. 2) - Note:
- Maps on end papers.
"Israel Exploration Society, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Israel Antiquities Authority, American Schools of Oriental Research." - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-793).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the 611 Open MRI Libraries Collections Endowment in the Classics in Honor of Sue and Joe Paterno; 2016
- Endowment Note:
- 611 Open MRI Libraries Collections Endowment in the Classics in Honor of Sue and Joe Paterno
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