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By Timothy P. Harrison, Edward B. Banning, Stanley Klassen

Partitions of the Prince deals a chain of articles that discover Egyptian interactions with Southwest Asia through the moment and primary millennium BCE, together with long-distance alternate within the heart nation, the itinerary of Thutmose III’s nice Syrian crusade, the Amman Airport constitution, anthropoid coffins at inform el-Yahudiya, Egypt’s kinfolk with Israel within the age of Solomon, Nile perch and different alternate with the southern Levant and Transjordan within the Iron Age, Saite procedure at Mezad Hashavyahu, and the concept that of resident alien in overdue interval Egypt. those are complemented by means of methodological and typological experiences of information from the archaeological investigations at inform al-Maskhuta, the Wadi Tumilat, and Mendes within the japanese Nile delta. jointly, they mirror the various variety of Professor Holladay’s lengthy and distinctive scholarly occupation.

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However, differences in the petro-fabrics suggest that specific choices were made by the potters in the production of these handmade cooking pots. This is clearly evident in the form of temper added to clays, identifiable by the voids, which indicate the addition of chaff, while the bimodality of the quartz suggests the addition of medium to coarse sand. Functional Approach A number of scholars have attempted to interpret the function of these unique vessels based on physical attributes. Many have argued that the perforations in the upper part of the rim indicate the vessels were likely used for steaming (Albright 1932: 1; Maeir 1997: 100f; Cole 1984: 61).

Pp. 87–140 in The Hyksos: New Historical and Archaeological Perspectives, ed. E. D. Oren. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum. ―――. 2013. Antagonisms in Historical and Radiocarbon Chronology. Pp 76–109 in Radiocarbon and the Chronologies of Ancient Egypt, eds. A. J. Shortland and C. Bronk Ramsey. Oxford: Oxbow Books. Bunimovitz, S. and Finkelstein, I. 1993. Pottery. Pp. 81–196 in Shiloh. The Archaeology of a Biblical Site, ed. I. Finkelstein. Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series 10.

Tel Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum. Flint and Forts: The Role of Flint in Late Middle-New Kingdom Egyptian Weaponry Carolyn Graves-Brown Swansea University Studies of ancient Egyptian pharaonic warfare tend to privilege metal over flint,1 giving the impression that, with the exception of arrowheads, flint weapons were not normal military issue (Yadin 1963; McDermott 2004).

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