Test Three Flashcards
When did the kingdoms of Israel and Judah emerge?
9th century BCE (IA IIB)
Iron IIA
1000-925
Early Monarchy
Pharoh Sheshoq’s campaigns in Palestine
926
No mention of Jerusalem at Karnak
5th year of Rehoboam’s name
Ivory Inlay of Sphinx
IA II
Ivory
Samaria
Black Obelisk of Shalmanesser III
Black Limestone
British Museum
Ca. 825 BCE
Convinced Jehu, king of Israel, not to alley with Phoenicians
Canaanite Cult Stand with nude goddess, lions, bulls, calf, and tree of life
IA IIA
Ceramic
Taanach
Four-horned Canaanite Alter Resembling Temple Facade
IA IIA
Ceramic
Tel Rehov
Gate with Proto-Aeolic Capitols
IA IIB
Stone
Hazor
Where was the the only Judahite temple discovered?
Arad (IA IIB)
Surviving Implements from alter
IA IIB
Iron
Dan
Asherah Figurine
IA IIB
Dan
Four-horned incense alter
IA IIB
Limestone
Megiddo
Edomite Ritual Stand
IA IIC
Ceramic
Hazeva
Where are the six chambered gates found?
Hazor, Megiddo and Gaza
What are the signs of statehood?
monumental architecture division of labor administration redistribution of goods standardization of weights and measures public works
Samaria royal acropolis complex
built 880 king Omri Palace 25x25 m ashlar masonry large collection of record Ostrica ivories
Lemelech Jars
“to/for the king”
signs of administration and redistribution
Phoenician mask
IA IIB-C
ceramic
Achziv
Figurine of Tambourine Player
IA IIB-C
ceramic
Achziv
Figurine of Baker
IA IIB-C
Ceramic
Achziv
Achziv Ware (mushroom jugglets)
IA IIB-C
Ceramic
Achziv
Summary of IA I
End of LBA Empires
Disruption of Mediterranean trade
Emergence of new cultural identities
Settlement of Hill Country
Settlement of Hill Country
IA I
Oval enclosure plan
4 room house
limited pottery repertoire
Conquest model
Follows Book of Joshua
Infiltration
Based on Judges
Revolt
Based on social unrest in Amarna letters
Sedentarization
Based on resemblance to Bedouin camps
Mesha (Moabite Stele)
849 CBE
Basalt
Most extensive inscription of Israel
Earliest extra-biblical reference to YHWH
Story of Wenamun
1080
Egyptian official robbed on the way to Byblos to get lumber and robbed by Tjeker princes
Merenptah’s victory stele
1210
Thebes
first mention if Israel
Iron IA
1200-1150
