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Excavations by K. M. Kenyon in Jerusalem, 1961-1967. Volume V, Discoveries in Hellenistic to Ottoman Jerusalem : Centenary volume : Kathleen M. Kenyon 1906-1978 / Kay Prag, with contributions from Helen Brown [and eleven others].

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Levant Supplementary Series ; 7. | Levant Supplementary Series ; 7. Publication details: Oxford : Oxbow Books, c2008.Description: xvii, 500 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9781842173046
Other title:
  • Discoveries in Hellenistic to Ottoman Jerusalem
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS109.15 P73 2008
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Site V. The Byzantine restructuring of the city -- 3. Site E. Caves, quarries, hermits and houses -- 4. Site D. The southhern suburbs of the Byzantine city -- 5. Site B. The southern city wall -- 6. Sites G and J. The Umayyad palatial building -- 7. Sites SI, III-VI. The defences of the Ottoman city -- 8. The Roman and Late Roman fine wares /John Hayes -- 9. The stamped amphora handles / D. Snow and K. Prag (with Andreas Dimoulinis, C. Koehler and P. Matheson) -- 10. Jerusalem : the coins / Richaerd Reece, with Helen Brown, Kevin Butcher and Michael Metcalf -- 11. Late Ottoman pipes fromJerusalem / St John Simpson -- 12. The Arabic inscriptions from Jerusalem / Moshalleh al- Moreikhi, with contributions from the late Pére B. Couroyer OP, C.E. Bosworth and R. Smith -- 13. Scarabs and scaraboids from Jerusalem : a summary list / Kay Prag, with contribution by the late Pére B. Couroyer OP -- 14. Shells from Jerusalem (Sites B, D, E, J, S and V) / David S. Reese -- 15. General data, summary and conclusions.
Summary: The fifth volume in the series of final reports on the work of the Joint Expedition to Jerusalem in the 1960s describes the discoveries made in six sites in the ancient city and places them in the archaeological and historical context of Jerusalem and the surrounding lands. Among the most debated issues are the extent of the occupation of the city during the Iron Age, the location of the southern defence line in Herodian and Roman times, and the date of the destruction of an Umayyad palatial structure. There is fresh information on the civic amenities of the southern half of the Byzantine city, and on the structure of the Ottoman city defences built under Sulaiman the Magnificent in the sixteenth century. Fine glazed pottery, both locally made and imported, and the wide range of materials reaching Jerusalem through trade and pilgrimage, reflect elite patronage and the high status of the holy city under Islamic rule.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library DS109.15, P73 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10609

Includes two folded site plans.

"Centenary volume : Kathleen M. Kenyon, 1906-1978."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-500) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Site V. The Byzantine restructuring of the city -- 3. Site E. Caves, quarries, hermits and houses -- 4. Site D. The southhern suburbs of the Byzantine city -- 5. Site B. The southern city wall -- 6. Sites G and J. The Umayyad palatial building -- 7. Sites SI, III-VI. The defences of the Ottoman city -- 8. The Roman and Late Roman fine wares /John Hayes -- 9. The stamped amphora handles / D. Snow and K. Prag (with Andreas Dimoulinis, C. Koehler and P. Matheson) -- 10. Jerusalem : the coins / Richaerd Reece, with Helen Brown, Kevin Butcher and Michael Metcalf -- 11. Late Ottoman pipes fromJerusalem / St John Simpson -- 12. The Arabic inscriptions from Jerusalem / Moshalleh al- Moreikhi, with contributions from the late Pére B. Couroyer OP, C.E. Bosworth and R. Smith -- 13. Scarabs and scaraboids from Jerusalem : a summary list / Kay Prag, with contribution by the late Pére B. Couroyer OP -- 14. Shells from Jerusalem (Sites B, D, E, J, S and V) / David S. Reese -- 15. General data, summary and conclusions.

The fifth volume in the series of final reports on the work of the Joint Expedition to Jerusalem in the 1960s describes the discoveries made in six sites in the ancient city and places them in the archaeological and historical context of Jerusalem and the surrounding lands. Among the most debated issues are the extent of the occupation of the city during the Iron Age, the location of the southern defence line in Herodian and Roman times, and the date of the destruction of an Umayyad palatial structure. There is fresh information on the civic amenities of the southern half of the Byzantine city, and on the structure of the Ottoman city defences built under Sulaiman the Magnificent in the sixteenth century. Fine glazed pottery, both locally made and imported, and the wide range of materials reaching Jerusalem through trade and pilgrimage, reflect elite patronage and the high status of the holy city under Islamic rule.

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