NDICE

List of Figures and Tables 13
Preface 15
Chapter I: Introduction 17
Chapter II: Catalogue of the Jatt Hoard 27
I. Bronze Objects 27
Bowls 27
Cauldron 31
Strainers 31
Juglets 31
Oil lamp 37
Weapons 37
Tools and miscellaneous 40
Unidentified objects 43
Zoomorphic weights 46
Cultic vessels 46
II. Ceramics 49
Bowls 49
Juglets 49
Flasks 52
Lamp 52
III. Ivory pyxis 52

Chapter III: Comparable Typology and Contexts of Objects 53
I. Bronze Objects 54
Vessels 54
Weapons 59
Tools and miscellaneous 62
Zoomorphic weights 66
Cultic vessels 67
II. Ceramics 69
III. Ivory Pyxis 70
Chapter IV: Discussion 71
Introduction 71
Megiddo 73
Tel Dor 75
Tel Zeror and Tell Qasile 78
The Akko Bay and Achziv 80
Beth Shean, Tell es-Sa'idiyeh and Deir 'Alla 82
Edom, Feinan and Tel Masos 84
Tel Dan 86
Northern Coastal Canaanite Sites/Phoenicia 87
Cyprus 91

Chapter V: Conclusions 95

Bibliography 99

Appendices 115
Appendix A: Provenance of metals from Tel Jatt based on their lead isotope analyses.
Z.A. Stos-Gale 115
Appendix B: Radiography. G. Tsioni, B. Breitman, Y. Hershko, H. Feldman, and M. Artzy 121
Appendix C: A petrographic comment on four vessels from Jatt. Y. Goren 129

Plates 133

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