Abstract
More than 100 metal objects dated to the Persian period (fourth to fifth centuries BCE) were found during the 1996 IAA excavations at Tel Mikhal. The assemblage includes: weapons (arrowheads); tools and implements (e.g., knives, needles, nails and tacks); weights (mainly for fishing); and jewelry (bracelets, fibulae, pins and spatulae). A collection of 340 metal objects dating to the Persian period, uncovered in the 1977-1980 excavations (Muhly and Muhly 1989), offers the nearest parallel. Together, both groups comprise one of the most important Persian-period assemblages of metalwork from Israel.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 93-107 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | ATIQOT |
| Volume | 52 |
| State | Published - 2006 |
IHP Publications
- ihp
- Michal Site (Israel)
- Eretz Israel -- Antiquities -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D., Exilic and Second Temple period
- Weapons, Ancient
- Jewelry, Ancient
- Figurines
- Iron implements