A unique assemblage, comprising ten Phoenician storage jars, three rare imported amphorae, two juglets, one cooking pot and one saucer, was discovered in a small cave in northern Israel, accessible today only with the aid of ropes. The cave apparently served as supply cache for a small group of people hiding in a nearby cluster of caves. The date of the vessels converges around 145-138 BCE, a time of intense military activity in Palestine, involving mainly Seleukids and Ptolemies. We speculate that those who hid in the cave were trying to escape local disturbances, shockwaves of the larger events.
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New York State Museum & Sci Serv, Res & Collect Div, Cultural Educ Ctr 3140, Albany, NY 12230 USANew York State Museum & Sci Serv, Res & Collect Div, Cultural Educ Ctr 3140, Albany, NY 12230 USA
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Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Fac Med, Shmunis Family Anthropol Inst, Dan David Ctr Human Evolut & Biohist Res,Dept Ana, POB 39040, IL-6997801 Tel Aviv, IsraelBen Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Bible Archaeol & Ancient Near East, POB 653, IL-8410501 Beer Sheva, Israel
Hershkovitz, Israel
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Gilead, Isaac
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Berna, Francesco
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Israel Antiqu Author, Archaeol Res Dept, POB 586, IL-91004 Jerusalem, IsraelBen Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Bible Archaeol & Ancient Near East, POB 653, IL-8410501 Beer Sheva, Israel