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Lahav IV: The Figurines of Tell Halif

Paul F. Jacobs

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ISBN: 978-1-57506-299-0

120 pages
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2015

Lahav: Reports of the Lahav Research Project / Excavations at Tell Halif, Israel

Lahav IV: The Figurines of Tell Halif

Paul F. Jacobs

This volume appears as the fourth in a series of reports on the investigations of the Lahav Research Project (LRP) at Tell Halif, located near Kibbutz Lahav in southern Israel. The book and CD, also titled The Figurines of Tell Halif, contain the publication of the terra-cotta and stone figurine assemblage discovered in the Phase III excavations by LRP. The book presents the text of the report, including relevant archaeological contexts, while the CD is the primary source for detailed information about the figurines. It presents color photographs of each artifact, as well as artist’s drawings and QuickTime movies, along with descriptions and a working typology of the mixed Iron II, Persian, and Hellenistic period terra-cottas. Together, book and CD offer the entire corpus of 794 figurine and statue fragments and provide an invaluable addition to the corpus of Levantine figurines.

 

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This volume appears as the fourth in a series of reports on the investigations of the Lahav Research Project (LRP) at Tell Halif, located near Kibbutz Lahav in southern Israel. The book and CD, also titled The Figurines of Tell Halif, contain the publication of the terra-cotta and stone figurine assemblage discovered in the Phase III excavations by LRP. The book presents the text of the report, including relevant archaeological contexts, while the CD is the primary source for detailed information about the figurines. It presents color photographs of each artifact, as well as artist’s drawings and QuickTime movies, along with descriptions and a working typology of the mixed Iron II, Persian, and Hellenistic period terra-cottas. Together, book and CD offer the entire corpus of 794 figurine and statue fragments and provide an invaluable addition to the corpus of Levantine figurines.

Series Editor’s Preface

Author’s Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Figures

Tables

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The Figurines in Archaeological Context

The Layout of Field IV

Stratigraphic Distribution of the Figurines in Fields I, IV, and V

Dating the Figurines

Figurines in Sealed Loci

Summary: The Figurines in Archaeological Contexts at Halif

Chapter 3. The Figurines in Historical Context: Halif in the Late Iron II, Persian, and Hellenistic Periods

The Iron II Period at Halif, Stratum VI

The Persian Period at Halif, Stratum V

The Hellenistic Period at Halif, Stratum IV

Summary

Chapter 4. Halif in the History of the Region

Halif in the Persian Empire, Abar-nahara

Tell Halif: Yehud or Idumea, Rimmon or Ziklag?

Halif and Border Security

Halif in the Hellenistic Empire

Chapter 5. The Typology of the Figurines at Tell Halif

1. Animal

2. Bes

3. Drapery

4. Female

5. Figure on Plinth

6. Furniture

7. Horse and Rider

8. Human (Sex Unknown)

9. Kernos

10. Male

11. Miscellaneous Fragments

12. Other—Architectural

13. Protome—Plaque Type

14. Relief

15. Statue

16. Stone Sculpture

17. Zoomorphic Vessel

Chapter 6. Conclusions

Stratum VIB Iron II

Persian and Hellenistic Figurines

Comprehensive Publication

Appendix The Figurines of Tell Halif, the CD

Bibliography

Due to a manufacturing error, the enclosed CD may not work in all computers. It will mount on a Mac, but Windows may treat it like a blank disc. We apologize for this inconvenience.

The contents of the CD are, in essence, a copy of the dig’s website: http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/dignew/figurines/htmls/type.htm or http://tinyurl.com/pkcuffs.

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