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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797120203321

Autore

Beit-Arieh Itzhaq

Titolo

Tel Malhata : A Central City in the Biblical Negev / . Volume 1 / Itzhaq Beit-Arieh and Liora Freud ; contributions by Gregory Bearman [and twenty-three others] . Volume 1

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-57506-388-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (808 p.)

Collana

Tel Aviv University, Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology monograph series ; ; Number 32

Disciplina

933/.49

Soggetti

Iron age

Excavations (Archaeology)

Bronze age

Antiquities

Bronze age - Israel - Negev

Iron age - Israel - Negev

Excavations (Archaeology) - Israel - Negev

Israel Tel Malḥatah

Israel Negev

Israel

Israel Antiquities

Negev (Israel) Antiquities

Malḥatah, Tel (Israel)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology, Tel Aviv 2015."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

IN MEMORIAM ITZHAQ BEIT-ARIEH 1930-2012; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF LOCI; INDEX OF FINDS1

Sommario/riassunto

Tel Malḥata: A Central City in the Biblical Negev presents the results of nine seasons of excavations—two by the first expedition and seven by the second.Tel Malḥata is an elliptical-shaped mound located in the eastern sector of the Arad–Beer-sheba Valley and spreads across some 18 dunams. Tel Malḥata is generally identified with biblical Moladah,



one of the cities of Judah, although other identifications have been suggested. The Arabic name of the site, Tell el-Milḥ (“Hill of the Salt”), is apparently indicative of its association with the production and distribution of salt from the Dead Sea in more recent times. The many Bedouin graves on the upper terrace of the tell significantly hindered the planning of the excavations, and consequently the excavations were concentrated mainly where no graves were discerned. The two-volume report consists of 22 chapters that take the reader through six strata of civilization, ranging from the Middle Bronze Age to the early Byzantine period.