“I Can Count All My Bones” A Preliminary Report of the Late Bronze Faunal Remains from Area B1 at Tel Burna, Israel

Greenfield, Tina L.; McKinny, Chris; Shai, Itzhaq

doi:10.5913/2017956.ch18

The Wide Lens in Archaeology 2017

DOI: 10.5913/2017956.ch18

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“I Can Count All My Bones” A Preliminary Report of the Late Bronze Faunal Remains from Area B1 at Tel Burna, Israel

Tina L. Greenfield¹,

Chris McKinny²,

Itzhaq Shai³

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“…7. A very high concentration of animal bones, which may indicate feasting (Greenfield, McKinny, and Shai 2017). 1 1.…”

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Tree of Life Motif, Late Bronze Canaanite Cult, and a Recently Discovered Krater from Tel Burna

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This paper discusses a krater recently discovered in a cultic building at Tel Burna in the Shephelah. Of special interest is the krater’s relatively well-preserved decoration containing multiple nature scenes related to the so-called tree of life or sacred tree motif. The krater’s physical description and archaeological context and the decoration’s relationship to relevant comparanda are explored in order to elucidate the significance of its iconography. In light of this discussion, we conclude that the decoration includes an abstract representation of a Canaanite goddess as a “pubis of life” variation of the “tree of life” motif on the krater as a votive vessel in the Late Bronze Age cult.

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“…7. A very high concentration of animal bones, which may indicate feasting (Greenfield, McKinny, and Shai 2017). 1 1.…”

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“…Furthermore, the faunal data from LB Tel Burna, specifically from Building 29305, is as of yet unclear regarding the details of any feasting that may have taken place there. See further Greenfield, McKinny, and Shai (2017).…”

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Tree of Life Motif, Late Bronze Canaanite Cult, and a Recently Discovered Krater from Tel Burna

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McKinny²,

Shai³

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A mittanian-style cylinder seal from tel burna antónio de freitas

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Cylinder seals were ubiquitous in all Near Eastern cultures from Mesopotamia to the Levant and Anatolia. The first seals appear as early as the 4th millennium BCE and were used as pendants representing feminine and masculine sexual organs. 1 Later, cylinder seals were engraved with figures and writing symbols and used for other purposes, very often to produce an engraving or an inscription on a clay tablet. Thus, cylinder seal production increased in parallel with the writing-in-clay culture. They were often used to mark ownership, and probably for this reason they were also used as amulets, as protectors of the property. 2 During the Ur III period, cylinder seals played a significant role within the administrative notarial system as they were used by notaries to seal documents to confirm their contents and the participants of a contract would have sealed the documents in order to authorize the acceptance of the conditions, or simply demonstrate their ownership of an inventory. In some cases, the seals were also used to identify envelopes. The relevance of cylinder seals in ancient Near Eastern cultures was of such significance that a prolific industry of production was developed. During the Late Bronze Age, the Mitannian Empire became a substantial producer of cylinder seals, with some cities continuing to produce seals even after they had fallen to the Kingdom of Hatti. On account of this, the trade of seals from Mitanni to the southern Levant during the Late Bronze Age was extensive. 3

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“I Can Count All My Bones” A Preliminary Report of the Late Bronze Faunal Remains from Area B1 at Tel Burna, Israel

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Tree of Life Motif, Late Bronze Canaanite Cult, and a Recently Discovered Krater from Tel Burna

Tree of Life Motif, Late Bronze Canaanite Cult, and a Recently Discovered Krater from Tel Burna

A mittanian-style cylinder seal from tel burna antónio de freitas

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