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‘Atiqot 106 (2022)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Middle Bronze Age II Burial Cave at Beit Ṣafafa, Jerusalem
(with contributions by Daphna Ben-Tor, Laura A. Peri)
(pp. 1–31)
Nathan Ben-Ari and Alexander Wiegmann
Keywords: cemetery, necropolis, funerary goods, Egypt, South Anatolia, glyptics, metallurgy, anthropology, residue, fauna
The burial cave, that was part of a larger burial site along the Refa’im Valley, was hewn on the southern slope of a chalky hill above the northern bank of a small wadi. The finds in the cave were clustered in six distinct groups, comprising standardized burial kits of pottery and metal finds, showing close affinities with other central hill country burial sites. Some prestige items, such as a scarab, an amulet, a cylinder seal and a dagger, were recovered from the cave, suggesting that at least one high-ranking individual was interred.