The pottery from ancient Sepphoris
By: edited by Eric M. Meyers and Carol L. Meyers ; with contributions by Marva Balouka, Anna de Vincenz, and the editors
Series: Sepphoris excavation reports -- volume 1; Sepphoris excavation reports -- v. 1.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781575062693; 9781575066998
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Ancient Pottery; Excavations (Archaeology); Catalogs; Antiquities
Description: "Sepphoris, “the ornament of all Galilee” according to Josephus, was an important Galilean site during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods and into early Islamic times. It served as Herod Antipas&#x2019;s capital of Galilee in the late first century B.C.E. and the early first century C.E., and the Sanhedrin (the supreme Jewish judicial authority) was located there for a time in the third century C.E. Extensive excavations on the western acropolis&#x2014;probably the location of many of the Jewish occupants of this multicultural city&#x2014;by the Duke University-Hebrew University project in the mid- to late 1980s and the Duke excavations of the 1990s produced a remarkable assemblage of ceramic wares. This book provides an overview of the history and chronology of the site. It then presents a detailed examination of the pottery. Featuring 55 plates with line-drawings as well as some photos of the various ceramic types, this important publication will be essential for all studies of the archaeology of early Judaism and Christianity in the Holy Land."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227).
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1.; title: Introduction  -- Eric M. Meyers and Carol L. Meyers ;; title: Description of this volume ;; title: History of occupation;; title: chronology ;; title: Notes for the reader -- -- Chapter 2.; title: Roman pottery  -- Marva Balouka ;; title: Historical background ;; title: The Roman pottery of Sepphoris ; -- Typology.; title: Cooking wares ;; title: Storage jars (SJ) ;; title: Pouring vessels ;; title: Kraters, basins, mortaria, and locally made bowls and cups ;; title: Imported red-slip bowls ;; title: Lids ;; title: Miscellanea ;; title: Ceramic incense shovels and pateras -- -- Chapter 3.; title: Additional Roman pottery  -- Eric M. Meyers ;; title: Early Roman-Middle Roman period ;; title: Late Hellenistic-Middle Roman period ;; title: Middle Roman-Late Roman period ;; title: Late Hellenistic-Middle Roman period -- -- Chapter 4.; title: Fine wares; Byzantine-Early Islamic wares  -- Anna de Vincenz ;; title: Eastern Sigillata A wares and other Hellenistic and Early Roman fine wares ;; title: Byzantine-Early Islamic pottery assemblage from the Byzantine shops (pls. 43-51) ;; title: Additional Byzantine and Early Islamic pottery from various loci and from Cistern 85.1195 and Locus 85.4120 (pls. 52-54) ;; title: Additional Late Roman-Byzantine fine wares from various loci (pls. 55-57) ;; title: Comments on sherds with incised or painted menorahs -- Carol L. Meyers.