Trade and Politics: Ashkelon's Balancing Act in the Seventh Century B. C. E.

Master, Daniel M.

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“…Subgroup Al (Figure 8:A) has a bimodal texture of quartz comprising of a coarse silt-very fine sand (30-80 microns) size and angular element and a fine- medium sand (120-350 microns) component, usually with rounded or subrounded shape; hardly any calcareous inclusions occur. This subgroup was tentatively assigned to a coastal origin on both pétrographie analysis and chemical analysis of the reference material; somewhat similar pétrographie groups were defined at 7th century BCE Ashkelon (22). Subgroup A2 ( Figure 8:B) did not show this bimodal texture and had quite more calcareous inclusions.…”

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Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel

Ben‐Shlomo

2007

ACS Symposium Series

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Chemical characterization of pottery is often used to identify imported pottery by comparison to locally-made reference materials. However, identifying intra-regional production centers is less straightforward. In this study Iron Age Philistine pottery from Israel was analyzed by ICP-AES and ICP-MS to identify local production centers and trade patterns between closely located Philistine city sites on the southern coast of Israel (Philistia). Decorated Philistine pottery together with reference materials were sampled from the four excavated Philistine sites as well as from other regional sites. In addition, all of the samples were analyzed by thin section petrography. The results showed that all pottery produced in the region of Philistia had a relatively similar profile. However, in most cases it was possible to differentiate between a coastal--Philistia profile and an inner-Philistia profile. The results of thin section petrography proved to be useful in many cases in which chemical provenancing was inconclusive.

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“…This group could not be geographically traced within Philistia. Pétrographie Group Β (Figure 8:C) represents clay made of loess soil, identified by its silty carbonatic matrix; this (22,23). The bimodal quartz, however, suggests a coastal origin.…”

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Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel

Ben‐Shlomo

2007

ACS Symposium Series

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“…Accordingly, the prosperity visible in Philistia during the 7th century BC is attributed to the flourishing Mediterranean trade and the opening of new markets in the west, led by the Phoenicians. This trend was also suggested as an explanation for the prosperity of Ashkelon and Ekron (Master 2003;Gitin 2012, 225). Nevertheless, the Phoenician and Assyrian connections are not mutually exclusive.…”

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“…The issue of the relative prosperity of Philistine society under Assyrian rule has been raised in regards to Ashkelon (Master 2003) and Tel MiqneEkron (Gitin 1997). Faust (2011) has criticized the concept of 'Pax Assyriaca' and the 'bottom-up' model during the 7th century BC, both in Philistia and Judah, and has argued against the idea that Assyrian offered a 'positive' catalyst for prosperity in Philistia as some others have suggested (Elat 1990;Gitin 1997;Na'aman 2001).…”

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Tell Jemmeh, Philistia and the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Late Iron Age

Ben‐Shlomo

2014

Levant

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The site of Tell Jemmeh near Gaza has long been suggested as the location of an Assyrian administrative centre or even the seat of an Assyrian governor. This paper revisits this issue in the light of the more comprehensive evidence we now have on the site from Van Beek's excavations. Tell Jemmeh yielded both architectural features (in plans and building techniques) and Assyrian-style pottery that link it strongly to the Neo-Assyrian world. Whether these links indicate a massive Neo-Assyrian presence at the site, or that the site was an Assyrian administrative centre is still an open question. The archaeological and textual evidence from this period will be combined in order to examine the nature and extent of Neo-Assyrian influence on Tell Jemmeh in particular, and on Philistia in general. The characteristics of each of the Assyrian features will be studied in detail in order to assess its significance with regard to the Assyrian connection and the regional historical background. It seems that the Neo-Assyrian Empire had special interests in the region of Philistia and its city-states, together with other regions in the southern Levant. However, the nature of these interests, of imperial policies, and the consequences for the local cultures may have changed during the reign of the different Assyrian rulers during the late 8th and early 7th centuries BC. The management of the Assyrian Empire in its distant provinces and vassaldoms will also be discussed in the light of the archaeological evidence.

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“…But Carthage's location was also optimum because it was close to newer, western trade markets and metal resources like Spanish tin, lead and especially silver (Diodorus Siculus, n.d. V.38.2), and access to the Atlantic and Cornish tin (Casson 1991: 124-25). Carthage also had access to Italy and Etruscan bronze as well as the new centers of the murex dye trade established in North Africa (Oren 1986;Master 2003;Ruscillo 2007). Around 540 BCE, Phocaean Greeks tried to push westward beyond Corsica with a fleet of sixty ships but met with a disastrous defeat at the hands of Carthage and its allies, severely curbing Greek colonizing westward for awhile: "Greek knowledge of the coasts of Iberia seems to have gone into decline after this event" (Nesselrath 2005: 159;Krings 1998: 229 ff.).…”

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The Locus of Carthage: Compounding Geographical Logic

Hunt

2009

Afr Archaeol Rev

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North Africa's Phoenician city of Carthage was above all a logical place from which the well-informed maritime Phoenicians colonized and controlled the Western Mediterranean. The leading important factors affecting the founding of Carthage were mostly geographical: overall centrality along the southern coast of the Western Mediterranean; proximity to the island bridge of Italy via Sicily; nascent oceanographic knowledge of water currents and wind gyres as well as shoals such as the Gulf of Sidra and the shelter of the Gulf of Tunis itself; and important local topography and religious landmarks.

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Trade and Politics: Ashkelon's Balancing Act in the Seventh Century B. C. E.

Cited by 25 publications

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Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel

Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel

Tell Jemmeh, Philistia and the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Late Iron Age

The Locus of Carthage: Compounding Geographical Logic

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