Current Issue
Past Issues
Editoral Policy
About Us
Guide to Contributors
Call for Papers
Submission
‘Atiqot 106 (2022)
ISBN 2948-040X
Residue Analysis of Middle Bronze Age Vessels from the Burial Cave at Beit Ṣafafa, Jerusalem
(pp. 33–45)
Dvory Namdar
Keywords: cemetery, necropolis, funerary goods, archaeobotany, flora
A total of 55 pottery vessels from the Middle Bronze Age II burial cave at Beit Ṣafafa were sampled and submitted to Absorbed Organic Residues screening and analyses. In 20 of the vessels, the presence of olive oil was recognized––a frequent occurrence in burial caves. Three small piriform black juglets contained vanillin mixed with olive oil. The source of the vanillin is unclear.