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Khirbet QeiyafaAn Early Iron IIa Fortified City in Judah
Yosef Garfinkel (Hebrew University) & Saar Ganor (IAA)
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V. Guerin: 1869C.R. Conder & H.H. Kitchener: 1883
Y. Dagan: 1992Z. Greenhut: 2001
Yosef Garfinkel & Saar Ganor 2007-2008
History of Research
Thanks
J.B. SilverBerman Center for Biblical Archaeology
Foundation StoneCurtis and Mary Brenan Foundation
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Azekah
Socoh
Qeiyafa
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View from Qeiyafa to the Elah valley
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The city wall
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Area: 2.3 hectares
City wall:700 m long
Site map
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Area B
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Schematic plan of Area B (Iron Age)
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Casemate city wall
200,000 tons of stones
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A fourchamber
gate
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Two buildings (dwellings?)
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Stone MassebahUpside down in wall
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Steps leading into Building 2
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Ostracon
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1. The longest Proto-CanaaniteInscription ever found
2. The earliest Hebrew inscriptionKnown to date
3. A letter
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The pottery
A complete absence of late Philistine bichromepottery, that is known at Qasile X (see plate) or Miqne IV.
When the citywas built?
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The characteristic
pottery of Khirbet Qeiyafa:
Early AshdodWare
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Complete absence of Late Philistine Decorated Ware (Tell Safi)
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4 samples&
4 samples
Collecting olive pitsfor C14dating
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C14: Four Calibrated Olive pits (Oxford)
* Please note 2 standard deviations: lower as 969 BC at 77.8%
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Low chronology is now officially dead and buriedLow chronology is now officially
dead and buried
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The methodological problems of the “Low Chronology”
Samples taken from Northern sites. No Samples from Judah.
Samples from Late Iron I, and from later phases of the Iron IIa. No samples from early Iron IIa. No samples from Megiddo Vb.
2. Stratigraphy 1. Geography
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Implications for understanding the 10th century BC
1. Chronology: Iron IIa started at ca. 1000 BC
2. Settlement pattern: fortified city
3. Political organization: centralized
4. Biblical narrative: “Between Socoh and Azekah”
5. Paleography: spread of alphabetic writing; literacy in Judah in early 10th century BC.
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Historical Identification ?
Adataim? (Y. Dagan)
Azekah? (S. Ganor)
Sha'arayim? (D. Adams, A. Rainey)
Efes Damim? (Todd Bolen)
Gov? (N. Naaman)
And the answer is ……. ????
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Area C
Area C
Two working days In November 6th
& November 7th
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A second gate in Area C, facing Jerusalem
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Khirbet Qeiyafa: the only known city in Judah or Israel with two gates
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An Iron Age City with two gates??
שערים
1. In the city list of Judah's tribal inheritance Sha'arayimappears after Socoh and Azekah (Jos 15, 36).
2. After David killed Goliath the Philistines run awaythrough the “way to Sha'arayim " (1 Sam 17:52).
3. In the city list of the tribe of Simeon, Sha'arayim is mentioned as one of the cities “unto the reign of David" (1 Chr 4:31)*.
*A scribal error: Sha'arayim (1 Chr 4:31) = Shilhim (Jos 15:32) = Sharuhen (Jos 19:6)
Sha'arayim
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A. General Arguments:1. Geographical location in Judah2. Sha'arayim: mentioned in Judah's city list 3. Fortified field cities are known only in Judah4. Casemate city walls are known only in Judah5. Main entrance facing Jerusalem
B. Material Culture:6. No pig bones7. Aren Maier: Gath pottery is different8. Petrographic analysis: local Elah valley pottery9. Hebrew inscription
Why the city is Judean
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