The Terra-cotta Figurines from a Lamp Workshop at Khirbat Shumeila near Beit Nattif, Israel

In 1934, excavations conducted at Beit Nattif, in the Judaean Shephelah region, uncovered a rich assemblage of waste from a terra-cotta lamp and figurine workshop. The items produced at the workshop, which are now known by the name of the site, are dated to around 300 c.e. and can be considered a ha...

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VerfasserInnen: Storchan, Benyamin (VerfasserIn) ; Lichtenberger, Achim 1970- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: The University of Chicago Press [2019]
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Jahr: 2019, Band: 381, Seiten: 1-19
weitere Schlagwörter:B EXCAVATION
B Judaea
B Material Culture
B terra-cotta figurines
B ISRAELI antiquities
B Figurines
B Production
B lamp workshop
B Roman
B WORKSHOPS (Facilities)
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Zusammenfassung:In 1934, excavations conducted at Beit Nattif, in the Judaean Shephelah region, uncovered a rich assemblage of waste from a terra-cotta lamp and figurine workshop. The items produced at the workshop, which are now known by the name of the site, are dated to around 300 c.e. and can be considered a hallmark of the regional material culture of the Late Roman period, a time of wideranging cultural influences. Recent excavations at Khirbat Shumeila, located in the immediate Beit Nattif region, have uncovered the remains of a Beit Nattif lamp workshop. The Khirbat Shumeila workshop can be dated to the late 4th century c.e. During the excavations, a number of typical Beit Nattif figurines and a figurine mold were uncovered, providing an opportunity to analyze the stylistic and morphological development of the figurines over 100 years. While the new workshop was focused primarily on lamp production, figurine production existed as a secondary industry, further implying the existence of multiple parallel workshops in the region.
ISSN:2161-8062
Enthält:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/703157