Yavneh II
The "Temple Hill" Repository Pit
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Beschreibung
Yavneh II is the second and last excavation report on the dramatic favissa/genizah pit full of Philistine votive objects, discovered by Raz Kletter in the city of Yavneh, Israel, near the Mediterranean coast (south of Tel Aviv). The first volume, Yavneh I (OBO.SA 30, 2010) included studies on the history and archaeological exploration of Yavneh, the excavation, the stratigraphy and the interpretation of the pit as a favissae of votive objects that originate from a public temple; but especially on the mysterious cult stands, which number more than a hundred and include many stands with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures. In the present volume we publish many additional cultic finds, including fire pans or shovels that could be used for moving hot coals and for burning incense (comparable to the biblical maḥtāh); a rectangular shrine-model (naos) with detached pillars; zoomorphic vessels; a larger sample of pottery with statistical analysis; imported Cypriot pottery; dog bones (probably related to ritual); an inscription on a bowl; fragments of worked stones (perhaps from altars); and chemical residues from juglets and chalices, which seem to indicate presence of hallucinatory and incense materials. In addition, we offer an update on the iconography of the Yavneh cult stands and a study of the larger world of cult stands in the southern Levant; criteria for identifying favissae and their appearance from the Late Bronze Age to the Persian Period in Palestine; and a concluding discussion on Yavneh, incense, and Philistine ethnicity.
Autor*in
Raz Kletter
Raz Kletter (*1960) completed his PhD in 1995 at Tel Aviv University on material culture and borders of Iron Age Judah. Following a post-doctoral year at Oxford, UK, he worked in the Israel Antiquities Authority as Deputy of Finds Department, Senior Archaeologist; and in 2002-2007 as Head of the Scientific Processing Unit. Dr. Kletter directed and published excavations from varied periods and sites in Israel and is currently Docent for Near-Eastern Archaeology, University of Helsinki. His main fields of study are Near Eastern Archaeology (Bronze and Iron Ages); religion and cult; ancient economy; archaeological theory; and history of archaeology in Israel/Palestine.