This book brings to complete and final publication two past excavations conducted at the site of Ramat Raḥel. A major part of the report is devoted to publishing the results of Yohanan Aharoni’s long-term excavation project at the site during the years 1954, 1956, 1959–1962. The renewal of excavations at the site in 2004 triggered the need to reevaluate the site’s architecture and stratigraphy, and from that the idea to publish this report was born.
Volume I
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Foreword Oded Lipschits
Chapter 2: Aharoni at Ramat Raḥel Boaz Gross
Chapter 3: Raw Material and Sources for the Analysis of Aharoni's Excavations Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, and Liora Freud
Chapter 4: Publication Methodology Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits
Part Ii: Stratigraphy, Architecture and Pottery
Chapter 5: Sub-Sector AES1: The Church and the Annexed Building Yuval Gadot and Itamar Taxel
Chapter 6: Sub-Sector AES2: Squares O–V/24–27 Yuval Gadot and Oren Tal
Chapter 7: Sub-Sector AES3: Squares K–P/18–23 Yuval Gadot, Oren Tal, and Itamar Taxel
Chapter 8: Sub-Sector ACS1: Courtyard 380 (Squares Q–W/15–20) Yuval Gadot, Liora Freud, Oren Tal, and Itamar Taxel
Chapter 9: Sub-Sector ACS2: Squares W–AA/15–22 Yuval Gadot, Liora Freud, Oren Tal, and Itamar Taxel
Chapter 10: Sub-Sector ACS3: Squares Q–V/20–23 Yuval Gadot, Oren Tal, and Itamar Taxel
Chapter 11: Sub-Sector ACS4: Squares M–R/9–16 and Squares F/13–14 Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits
Chapter 12: Sub-Sector AWS1: Squares S–BB/6-14 213 Yuval Gadot, Liora Freud, Oren Tal, and Itamar Taxel
Chapter 13: Sub-Sector AWS2 Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits
Chapter 14: Sector APS Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits
Chapter 15: Jewish Ritual Baths (Miqva'ot) Ronny Reich
Chapter 16: Pottery Of The Iron Age: Typology and Summary Liora Freud
Chapter 17: Pottery from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods Oren Tal
Chapter 18: The Pottery of the Late Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic Periods: Summary and Supplementary Pottery Types Itamar Taxel
Appendix: Pentagonal Clay Tiles Itamar Taxel
Volume II
Part III: Stamp Impressions
Chapter 19: lmlk Stamp Impressions Omer Sergi
Chapter 20: "Private" Stamp Impressions Ido Koch and Oded Lipschits
Chapter 21: Concentric Circle Incisions Omer Sergi and Ido Koch
Chapter 22: Prancing Horse Impression Ido Koch
Chapter 23: Rosette Stamp Impressions Ido Koch
Chapter 24: Lion Stamp Impressions Oded Lipschits and Ido Koch
Chapter 25: Forty Unpublished yhwd Stamp Impressions Oded Lipschits and David Vanderhooft
Chapter 26: Persian Period Stamp Impressions Keren Ras, Efrat Bocher, and Ido Koch
Chapter 27: yrslm Stamp Impressions Efrat Bocher
Chapter 28: "tet"-Like Stamp Impressions Efrat Bocher
Chapter 29: Roman Army Stamp Impressions and Related Objects Yotam Tepper, Efrat Bocher, and Ido Koch
Chapter 30: A Unique Byzantine Eagle Stamp Impression Efrat Bocher and Keren Ras
Part IV: Other Finds
Chapter 31: Hebrew Epigraphic Incisions Ido Koch and Oded Lipschits
Chapter 32: Potter's Marks Efrat Bocher, Keren Ras, and Liora Freud
Chapter 33: A Clay Seal Depicting a Schematic Version of the "Woman at the Window" Motif Keren Ras
Chapter 34: Iron II Clay Figurines Raz Kletter and Katri Saarelainen
Chapter 35: Iron II Architectural Elements Oded Lipschits and Keren Ras
Chapter 36: Marked and Inscribed Pottery Vessels of the Late Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods Itamar Taxel and Nitzan Amitai-Preiss
Appendix 36.1: Arabic Inscribed Jar Itamar Taxel and Nitzan Amitai-Preiss
Chapter 37: Glass Finds Ruth E. Jackson-Tal
Chapter 38: The Coins Yoav Farhi
Appendix 38.1: The Coins From The Roman Bathhouse Yoav Farhi
Chapter 39: Stone Vessels and Implements Of The Late Second Temple Period Ronny Reich
Chapter 40: A Sundial Sherd Keren Ras
Chapter 41: Roman and Byzantine Architectural Elements Efrat Bocher and Ido Koch
Chapter 42: Agricultural Installations Uri Davidovich
Chapter 43: Miscellaneous Finds Keren Ras and Yuval Gadot
Part V: Post Aharoni Excavations at Ramat Raḥel
Chapter 44: Salvage Excavations 2000–2002 Gideon Solimany and Vered Barzel
Appendix 44.1: Coins Donald T. Ariel
Appendix 44.2: Three Stamp Impressions Gabriel Barkay
Appendix 44.3: Figurines Raz Kletter
Appendix 44.4: Glass Vessels Natalya Katsnelson
Part VI: Conclusions and Index
Chapter 45: Summary and Conclusions Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits
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