The Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit
Volume 2: The Stratigraphy, Ceramics, and Other Finds
Published on 22. November 2021
Book
Hardback
428 pages
978-90-04-46189-5 (ISBN)
Description
Horvat Omrit is a Roman period sanctuary complex in northern Israel with well-preserved temple architecture. This report presents artifacts recovered in the temenos excavations from 1999 to 2011. The volume begins with a discussion of the excavated stratigraphy, the major building phases, and the dates associated with them. Subsequent chapters examine Hellenistic and Roman ceramics, lamps, terracotta figurines, wall paintings and frescoes, coins from the Roman and medieval periods, a dedicatory pavement inscription, a 3rd-century BCE Aramaic inscription, faunal remains, jewellery, an 8th-century BCE cylinder seal, a marble sphinx, a stucco relief, and a small, inscribed altar. An appendix associates the catalogued artifacts with their stratigraphic locations. Altogether the artifacts contribute to the archaeology and history of a diverse Galilee.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1792 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-46189-5 (9789004461895)
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Persons
J. Andrew Overman, Ph.D. (1989) Boston University, is the Drake Distinguished Professor in Art History and the Humanities at Macalester College. He has excavated numerous sites in northern Israel and the Black Sea.
Daniel N. Schowalter, Th.D. (1989) Harvard University, is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. He also digs at Mandeure, a Roman theater/sanctuary in eastern France, and studies Roman religion at sites around the Mediterranean.
Michael C. Nelson, Ph.D. (2001), University of Toronto, is an Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology at Queens College. He published Volume 1 which presented the architecture of the three Roman period temples.
Daniel N. Schowalter, Th.D. (1989) Harvard University, is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. He also digs at Mandeure, a Roman theater/sanctuary in eastern France, and studies Roman religion at sites around the Mediterranean.
Michael C. Nelson, Ph.D. (2001), University of Toronto, is an Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology at Queens College. He published Volume 1 which presented the architecture of the three Roman period temples.
Content
Preface, Excavation Methodology, and Nomenclature
List of Tables, Figures and Plates
Abbreviations
Introduction
?J. Andrew Overman
1 The Stratigraphy
?J. Andrew Overman, Daniel N. Schowalter, Michael C. Nelson, and Nanette Goldman
2 The Hellenistic and Roman Pottery
?Debora Sandhaus
3 The Lamps: Catalog and Discussion
?Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom
4 The Terracotta Figurines
?Adi Erlich
5 Wall Painting Remains in Horvat Omrit: Final Report
?Silvia Rozenberg
6 The Coins from the Temple Excavations at Omrit
?Gabriela Bijovsky
7 An Inscription on the Paving of the Omrit Temple Complex
?Daniel N. Schowalter
8 A Fragmentary Aramaic Inscription from the 3rd Century BCE
?Hagai Misgav
9 Sacrificial Holocaust: The Faunal Remains from the Roman Temple Excavations at Omrit
?Rachel Hesse
10 Jewelry from the Temple Area
?Tziona Grossmark
11 A Roman Sphinx Statue from Omrit
?Tali Sharvit
12 A Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal from Horvat Omrit Dated to the Reign of Sargon II (721-705 BCE)
?Baruch Brandl and Tziona Grossmark
13 A Stucco Relief
?Adi Erlich
14 The Zeus Altar
?Emily Prosch
Appendix: Square Stratigraphy and Associated Material Culture
Index
Plates
List of Tables, Figures and Plates
Abbreviations
Introduction
?J. Andrew Overman
1 The Stratigraphy
?J. Andrew Overman, Daniel N. Schowalter, Michael C. Nelson, and Nanette Goldman
2 The Hellenistic and Roman Pottery
?Debora Sandhaus
3 The Lamps: Catalog and Discussion
?Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom
4 The Terracotta Figurines
?Adi Erlich
5 Wall Painting Remains in Horvat Omrit: Final Report
?Silvia Rozenberg
6 The Coins from the Temple Excavations at Omrit
?Gabriela Bijovsky
7 An Inscription on the Paving of the Omrit Temple Complex
?Daniel N. Schowalter
8 A Fragmentary Aramaic Inscription from the 3rd Century BCE
?Hagai Misgav
9 Sacrificial Holocaust: The Faunal Remains from the Roman Temple Excavations at Omrit
?Rachel Hesse
10 Jewelry from the Temple Area
?Tziona Grossmark
11 A Roman Sphinx Statue from Omrit
?Tali Sharvit
12 A Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal from Horvat Omrit Dated to the Reign of Sargon II (721-705 BCE)
?Baruch Brandl and Tziona Grossmark
13 A Stucco Relief
?Adi Erlich
14 The Zeus Altar
?Emily Prosch
Appendix: Square Stratigraphy and Associated Material Culture
Index
Plates