New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and its Region

Collected PapersVolume III, 2009

Editors: David Amit, Guy D. Stiebel, Orit Peleg-Barkat 

CONTENTS

6	Editorial Introduction (Hebrew) David Amit, Guy D. Stiebel, Orit Peleg-Barkat
8	Archaeology and Conservation in Jerusalem Region – 2008-2009 (Hebrew)  Jon Seligman

AT THE FOOT OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT

19	The Relations Between the Eastern Cardo of Jerusalem and the 10th Roman Legion, in Light of the Western Wall Plaza Excavations (Hebrew) Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
28	A Peristyle Building from the Roman Period in the City of David (Hebrew) Doron Ben Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets
37	Johns’ Excavation of the Paved Road up the Tyropeon Valley in Jerusalem (Hebrew)  Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron

THE TOMB OF DAVID ON MOUNT ZION

49	“The Place Where the Lord’s Ark of the Covenant Used to be Until the House was Built”: A History of Local Tradition (Hebrew) Elchanan Reiner
57	The Conservation and restoration Project of the Tomb of David’s Compound: Processes, Planning and finds (Hebrew) Shahar Puni
67	In the Outskirts of the Magical Forest- The Painted Tiles of King David’s Tomb (Hebrew) Nirit Shalev-Khalifa
74	The Tomb of David: 1948-1967 (Hebrew) Doron Bar

RECENT EXCAVATIONS AND IN THE JERUSALEM

81	Settlements from the Intermediate and Middle Bronze Ages at Ras El-Amud (Hebrew) Ron Be’eri and Irina Zilbebod
94	Water Supply to the Upper City Of Jerusalem During the First And Second Temple Periods in Light of the Mamilla Excavations (Hebrew) David Amit

STUDIES AND DISCOVERIES

111         The Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon (Hebrew)                                                                                         Hagai Misgav, Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor

124         The Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription- Respond A (Hebrew)                                                                   Hagai Misgav, Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor

126         The Enigmatic Inscription from Khirbet Qeiyafa- Respond B (Hebrew)                                        Aaron Demsky

130         The Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription- Respond C (Hebrew)                                                                  Shmuel Ah’ituv

133         Rural Monasticism at the Foothills of Southern Samaria and Judaea in the Byzantine Period (Hebrew)                                                                                                                                                                                                Itamar Taxel

140         The Church at Khûrbat Deiry (Nes Harim) and its Surrounding (Hebrew)                                       Daniel Ein-Mor

5*            The Northwestern Corner of Jerusalem’s Old City Wall Medieval Archaeology                                               and  Modern History                                                                                                                                Gerald Finkielsztejn, Annette Nagar, Ya’akov Billig

10*          Monasteries in Jerusalem Area in Light of the Literary Sources                                                      Lea Di Segni

Collected Papers Volume IV, 2010

Editors: David Amit, Orit Peleg-Barkat and Guy D. Stiebel
CONTENTS

5	Editorial Introduction (Hebrew) David Amit, Guy D. Stiebel, Orit Peleg-Barkat and Doron Ben-Ami
10	Archaeology and Conservation in Jerusalem Region – 2009-2010 (Hebrew) David Amit and Jon Seligman
22	The Involvement of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Master Plan of Jerusalem’s Old City (Hebrew) Ram Shoef

NEW STUDIES IN THE PREHISTORY OF THE JERUSALEM REGION

31	Prehistoric Artifacts from Emeq Rephaim (Area C) (Hebrew) Omry Barzilai, Nuha Aga and Onn Crouvi
40	“Marked in Stone” – A Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Quarry Site at Kaizer Hill, Modi’in (Hebrew) Leore Grosman and Naama Goren-Inbar
*7	Pre-Ghassulian and Ghassulian in Jerusalem and its Vicinity Ianir Milevski, Anna Eirikh-Rose, Uzi A͑ d, Omry Barzilai, Zvi Greenhut and Ofer Marder
*24	Beqo’a – A New Proto-Historic Site in the Judean Foothils Amir Golani

EXCAVATIONS AND STUDIES INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL

53	The Ceramic Assemblage from the Rock Cut Pool beside the Giḥon Spring (Hebrew) Alon De Groot and Atalya Fadida
61	Ophel Excavations 2009-2010 (Hebrew) Eilat Mazar
67	The Extent of Jerusalem during the Iran Age IIA (Hebrew) Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets
74	The “Burnt House” in Light of the Publication of the Final Report (Hebrew) Hillel Geva
*32	New Excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem and an Inscribed Stone Cup/Mug from the Second Temple Period Shimon Gibson
*44	The Mount Zion Inscribed Stone Cup: Preliminary Observations Stephen Pfann
84	Wilson’s Arch in Light of Recent Excavations and Past Studies (Hebrew) Alexander Onn and Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
101	New Discoveries Interior to the Jaffa Gate (Hebrew) Ofer Sion and Shahar Puni
119	Excavations in the Crown Plaza Hotel (Binyanei Ha’uma) (Hebrew) Danit Levi and Ron Beeri
130	Inscribed and Stamped Ring Stands from the Pottery Workshopat Binyanei Ha’uma (Hebrew) David Amit
141	A Crusader Wall Painting from the Abbey of the Virgin Maryin the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Jerusalem (Hebrew) Jon Seligman

EXCAVATIONS AND STUDIES IN THE JUDAEAN FOOT HILLS

161	By the Way – Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Classical and Late Periods (Hebrew) Guy D. Stiebel
170	Horvat Beit Loya – A Jewish Village from the Late Second Temple Period in the Judaean Foothills (Hebrew) Oren Gutfeld and Ya’akov Kalman
180	Horvat el-Kikh – A Jewish Settlement from the Second Temple Period at Ramat Bet Shemesh (Hebrew) Elena Kogan-Zehavi
186	De profundis– Georgian Anchorets in Horvat Burgin (Hebrew) Yana Tchekhanovets

Collected Papers Volume V, 2011

Editors: David Amit, Guy D. Stiebel and Orit Peleg-Barkat
CONTENTS

7	Editorial Introduction (Hebrew) David Amit, Guy D. Stiebel and Orit Peleg-Barkat
9	Excavations in the Jerusalem Region, 2010-2011 (Hebrew) David Amit

THE TEMPLE MOUNT – NEW STUDIES

17	Four Stages of Development of the Temple Mount (Hebrew) Joseph Patrich and Marcus Edelcopp
38	The Royal Stoa of the Herodian Temple Mount: A Proposed Reconstruction (Hebrew) Orit Peleg-Barkat
52	Two Fatimid Inscriptions from the el-Aqsa Mosque: A New Reading (Hebrew) Omar Abed Rabbo

CULT IN JERUSALEM

67	A Cultic Structure of the Middle Bronze IIB-C Period in Nahal Refa’aim (Walajeh) (Hebrew) Daniel Ein Mor
78	An Assemblage of Rooms and Rock-cut Installations of the Iron II Period from the City of David (Hebrew) Yana Tchekhanovets
96	Miniature Icons box from the Giv’ati Parking lot excavations (Hebrew) Omar Abed Rabbo
104	The Nea Church of St. Mary Theotokos: An Architectural Discussion (Hebrew) Oren Gutfeld

JERUSALEM IN THE MUSLIM PERIOD

121	A Reconsideration of Settlement Around Jerusalem at the End of the Byzantine Period and in the Early Muslim Period (Hebrew) Zubair ‘Adawi
142	The “Southern Hammam” and Khan Tankaz – Which was First? (Hebrew) Harve H. Barbé and Taufik Deadle
158	New Discoveries in Madrasat el-Baladiyeh near the Gate of the Chain (Hebrew) Yuval Baruch, Shachar Poni and Neria Sapir

The Coins of Jerusalem and its Environs

169	The Earliest Coin of Judea (Hebrew) Haim Gitler
179	Power and Rule – Jerusalem Coins of Alexander Jannaeus (Hebrew) Guy D. Stiebel
*7	A First Century CE Mint South of Jerusalem? Archaeological Context  Fanny Vitto
*16	A First Century CE Mint South of Jerusalem? Numismatic Evidence Donald T. Ariel

NEW STUDIES OF JERUSALEM AND ITS REGION

*24	Excavations of Saint John Prodomos, Jerusalem Jean-Baptist Humbert
185	A Monument (Nympheon?) and Other Remains from the Second Temple Period West of the Temple Mount: The Excavations of the Giant Causeway 2010-2011 (Hebrew) Alexander Onn and Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
200	Excavations at Horvat Midras in the Judaean Shephelah 2010-2011: Preliminary Report (Hebrew) mir Ganor, Alon Klein, Rina Avner and Boaz Zissu

Collected Papers Volume VI, 2012

Editors: David Amit, Guy D. Stiebel, Orit Peleg-Barkat and Doron Ben-Ami
CONTENTS

7	Editorial Introduction (Hebrew) David Amit, Guy D. Stiebel, Orit Peleg-Barkat and Doron Ben-Ami
9	Excavations in Jerusalem and its Region, 2011−2012 (Hebrew) Doron Ben-Ami
25	Preservation and Development Works Conducted during 2012 in the City of David, the Ophel and along the Tyropoeon Valley (Hebrew) Shahar Puni

JERUSALEM AND THE JUDAEAN FOOTHILLS: THE EARLY PERIOD

35	A Settlement and a Cemetery from the Intermediate Bronze Age in Ramat Bet Shemesh (Hebrew) Yitzhak Paz
7*	A Settlement from the Intermediate Bronze Age – Middle Bronze II in Newe Shalom Dan Benjamin Storchan
50	Cult in Khirbet Qeiyafa from the Iron Age IIa – Cult Rooms and Shrine Models (Hebrew) Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor
66	Remarks on the Archaeology of Jerusalem in the Persian Period (Hebrew) Hillel Geva

NEW STUDIES IN EPIGRAPHY AND GLYPTICS

83	Assur in Jerusalem – New Glyptic Evidence of the Assyrian Influence on Jerusalem (Hebrew) Ariel Winderbaum
105	The Seal Found near the Western Wall – A Suggestion for Its Meaning and Use (Hebrew) Shlomo Naeh
110	A Graffito Bearing the Name of Trajan in a Cave at Kh. ʾArâk Hâla North of Bet Guvrin (Hebrew) Boaz Zissu, Boaz Langford, Avner Ecker and Esther Eshel

JERUSALEM AFTER THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST: NEW DISCOVERIES

125	Manufacture of Bone Items from the Early Islamic Period in Givati Parking Lot Excavations (Hebrew) Ariel Shatil
136	New Discoveries in the Via Dolorosa – Excavations and a Survey in the Austrian Hospice and at the Vicinity of the “Ecce Homo” Arch (Hebrew) Shua Kisilevitz and Roie Greenwald
149	The Market Street of Crusader Jerusalem in Light of a Recent Archaeological Excavation (Hebrew) Yechiel Zelinger and Michael Ehrlich
161	Antique Maps of Jerusalem as Sources for its History: Methodological Lessons (Hebrew) Rehav (Buni) Rubin

NEW FINDS AT HERODIUM

181	New Findings at Herodium by the Ehud Netzer’s Expedition (Hebrew) Yakov Kalman, Rachel Chachy, Oren Gutfeld and Roi Porat
194	Herod’s Workers: The Graffiti Evidence from the Area of the Theaterat Herodium – The Greek and Latin Inscriptions (Hebrew) Avner Ecker
199	Herod’s Workers: The Graffiti Evidence from the Area of the Theater at Herodium – The Aramaic Inscription (Hebrew) Esther Eshel

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