@inbook{bc5849e0fa5c444ca1db968690275e92,
title = "The Relationship between Textile Remains in a Hoard of Alexander II Zabinas Coins and Loom Weights Discovered at Hellenistic Tell Iẓṭabba (Beth She'an, Nysa-Scythopolis), Israel",
abstract = "This paper discusses a recently discovered coin hoard in the German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project. The copper-alloy coins date from the time of Alexander II Zabinas (129/128--124/123 BCE). The linen cloth in which the hoard was wrapped is discussed in light of the site history and archaeology -- a Seleucid-founded settlement that was destroyed by John Hyrcanus in 108/107 BCE. We examined the relationship between the fabric and the truncated-pyramid loom weights, which were found at the site in considerable numbers as the area of Beth She'an was famous for the cultivation of flax and the production of linen for centuries. Is it possible that this linen fabric was woven on a loom using the loom weights found at the site? Or could it have been manufactured elsewhere?",
keywords = "Beth She{\textquoteright}an, Coin hoard, Hellenistic period, Israel, Linen, Loom weights, Textile",
author = "Orit Shamir and Achim Lichtenberger and Oren Tal",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-92170-5_13",
language = "אנגלית",
isbn = "9783030921699",
series = "Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "221--240",
editor = "Agata Ulanowska and Karina Gr{\"o}mer and {Vanden Berghe}, Ina and Magdalena {\"O}hrman",
booktitle = "Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles",
address = "ארצות הברית",
}