Judahite Stamped and Incised Jar Handles: A Tool for Studying the History of Late Monarchic Judah

Oded Lipschits*, Omer Sergi, Ido Koch

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Abstract

The paper probes the distribution of the various stamped and incised Judahite jars with two criteria in mind: (1) their estimated date; (2) the assumption that in addition to Jerusalem, sites that yielded large quantities of stamped handles (mainly lachish and Ramat Rahel) served as major collection centres while sites that yielded only a few dozen stamped handles served as secondary administrative centres of the kingdom. Based on their findings, the authors reconstruct the evolution of the royal administrative system in the late 8th through the early 6th centuries BCe.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-41
Number of pages37
JournalTel Aviv
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

Keywords

  • Assyrian empire
  • Josiah
  • Kingdom of Judah
  • Lmlk stamped handles
  • Manasseh
  • Rosette stamped handles

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