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‘Atiqot 57 (2007)
ISBN 2948-040X
Finds from the Hellenistic ‘Favissa’ at ‘Akko-Ptolemais
(pp. 11–20)
Donald T. Ariel and Natalie Messika
Keywords: cult, transport, import, art, epigraphy
A salvage excavation conducted south of the central bus station in ‘Akko uncovered a Hellenistic-period pit. The fill in the pit contained a large quantity of potsherds, including 21 stamped amphora handles and 3 terracotta figurines. The stamped handles belong to the Rhodian class, dating from the end of the third quarter of the third century until the third quarter of the second century BCE. The terracotta figurines are made of well-levigated clay, bearing white slip and traces of black and brown paint. They represent a bird/dove, a female human and a horse-and-rider. The figurines belong to the Western Greek artistic tradition, typical of the late fourth and early third centuries BCE.