Hieratic Inscriptions from Tel Sera' in Southern Canaan

Eastern Mediterranean Mobility in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages: Inferences from Ancient DNA of Pigs and Cattle

“…Egyptian imports – ceramics, stone vessels, seals etc. – are indicated in all major centres in Canaan 56 and Egyptian impact on the economy of Canaan is attested, for example, in the Amarna letters and in hieratic inscriptions from southern Israel (refs 55 and 57 respectively).…”

Problems in the “ethnic” Identification of the Philistine Material Culture

“…Moreover, this area was one of the last strongholds of Egyptian domination in Canaan, apparently till the days of Ramesses VI, in the mid-12t~century B.C.E. (Alt 1953:216-226;Weinstein 1981:17-23;Na'aman 19~32:246-251;Oren 1984;Goldwasser 1984;Ussishkin 1985;Singer 1986Singer -1987Bunimovitz 1988Bunimovitz -1989. Thus, it is clear that the Philistine settlement took place within an existing "ethnic"-cultural complex of a Canaanite population strongly influenced by Egyptian culture.…”

Coping with the Army: The Military and the State in the New Kingdom

“…287 The inscriptions are notations of payments measuring 460 up to 2,000 hekat (i.e., about 33,500-145,652 liters) of grain. 288 O. Goldwasser points out that the same Egyptian-style type of bowls was found in large quantities in contemporary sanctuaries at Lachish and Beth Shan, 289 which would strengthen the thesis that also the bowls from Tel Sera' were used as a kind of votive gift to a local or an imported Egyptian deity. In the latter case, one could also imagine that part of the grain was transferred to the main temple in Egypt.…”