Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Atiqot
Angaben zur Quelle:
97 (2020) 1-24
Keywords:
Iron age
;
Tombs History
;
Material culture History
;
Zion, Mount (Jerusalem, Israel) Antiquities
;
Zion, Mount (Jerusalem, Israel) Buildings, structures, etc.
Abstract:
On the western slope of Mount Zion, Jerusalem, below the southwestern corner of the Old City walls, a First Temple period burial ground was revealed. Five rock-cut tombs (A–E) were exposed, one of which (Tomb A) was found sealed with its original blocking stone, and hence its great importance for reconstructing First Temple period burial practices. Tomb A is of the prevalent “bench-tomb” type and it served for multiple and simultaneous burials. The tomb yielded finds that are of special importance, illuminating the burial practices of the people of Jerusalem and Judah in the seventh century BCE until the Babylonian destruction in 587/6 BCE.
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