{"id":37,"date":"2011-03-06T22:49:41","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T21:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fischerarchaeology.se\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2011-03-22T08:26:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T07:26:10","slug":"iron-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fischerarchaeology.se\/?page_id=37","title":{"rendered":"Iron Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Iron Age (c. 1200-600 BCE)<\/h2>\n

A decline of the people’s economic status can be seen through the finds belonging to the next major settlement at Tell Abu al-Kharaz belonging to the Iron Age, starting around 1200 BC. It was a period of wars caused mainly by the so-called “Sea-peoples” and the Philistines invading Palestine. More coarse pottery and no imported materials are typical for that period. The city wall from the Iron I period indicates a continuing need for defensive systems, and the architectural remains from the Iron II period includes towers and well built houses whose people again imported goods from the eastern Mediterranean region.<\/p>\n

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Four s.c. 4-room houses from Area 7 at Tell Abu al-Kharaz.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Among the finds from the Iron Age II period is an exquisite decorated bone handle with a motif of two sphinxes. Parallels with this object are from Hazor in northern Palestine and Nimrud in Assyria, however it is very likely the product of a Palestinian workshop (see below left).<\/p>\n

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Bone handle with a motif of two sphinxes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A clay mask of a bearded and smiling young male painted in red.<\/p><\/div>\n

Other interesting Iron Age II finds include a clay mask of a bearded and smiling young male painted in red, attached originally to an anthropomorphic vessel (see above right) and a complete clay rhyton of a donkey with two attached miniature vessels (see below).<\/p>\n

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Clay rhyton of a donkey.<\/p><\/div>\n

A decorated cosmetic plate of polished limestone should be mentioned (see below; observe the remains of a blue substance, possible powder of lapis lazilu, in the depressions).<\/p>\n

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A decorated cosmetic plate of polished limestone.<\/p><\/div>\n

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