TY - JOUR
T1 - A FAIENCE HEAD OF A BEARDED MALE FROM TEL ABEL BETH MAACAH
T2 - ICONOGRAPHY, TECHNOLOGY AND CONTEXT
AU - Yahalom-Mack, N.
AU - Ben-Ami, D. V.
AU - Panitz-Cohen, N.
AU - Mullins, R. A.
AU - Brumfeld, V.
AU - Eliyahu-Behar, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Oxford Journal of Archaeology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of University of Oxford.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - A faience head depicting a bearded male was unearthed in a ninth-century BC context at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, located on the modern Israel-Lebanese border. During the Iron Age, the site was at the interface between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram-Damascus and the Phoenician city-states of Tyre and Sidon. The article discusses the object’s iconography, style, composition and manufacturing technology in comparison to other faience heads, as well as its regional and contextual significance. Despite its unique iconography and high quality, we demonstrate its similarity to at least one other head in manufacturing technology and style. It is suggested that it depicts an ideal elite persona, possibly serving as a votive.
AB - A faience head depicting a bearded male was unearthed in a ninth-century BC context at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, located on the modern Israel-Lebanese border. During the Iron Age, the site was at the interface between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram-Damascus and the Phoenician city-states of Tyre and Sidon. The article discusses the object’s iconography, style, composition and manufacturing technology in comparison to other faience heads, as well as its regional and contextual significance. Despite its unique iconography and high quality, we demonstrate its similarity to at least one other head in manufacturing technology and style. It is suggested that it depicts an ideal elite persona, possibly serving as a votive.
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U2 - 10.1111/ojoa.12311
DO - 10.1111/ojoa.12311
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AN - SCOPUS:85204435068
SN - 0262-5253
VL - 43
SP - 373
EP - 398
JO - Oxford Journal of Archaeology
JF - Oxford Journal of Archaeology
IS - 4
ER -