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‘Atiqot 58 (2008)
ISBN 2948-040X
Be’er Sheva‘, Ramot Neighborhood, Site 49
(Hebrew, pp. 1–14; English summary, pp. 59*–60*)
Oded Feder and Nimrod Negev
Keywords: Sennacherib, agriculture, hinterland
The site, located on the southern spur of the Goral Hills, overlooks the Be’er Sheva‘ Valley. Two structures were discovered dating to Iron Age IIB–C: a dwelling and an adjacent storage building. The dwelling is of the four-room house type, fronted by a courtyard. A staircase south of its opening led to a second story. The pottery finds included mainly tableware, as well as storage vessels. The adjacent storage building is elongated and oriented east–west. It was filled with a layer of collapse overlying an ash layer that contained production waste. The debris probably originated in a pottery workshop or kiln, the production waste of which was found nearby. The pottery finds included primarily holemouth jars.