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‘Atiqot 63 (2010)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Seventh-Century BCE Site near Tel ‘En Zippori
(pp. 15–25)
Aviram Oshri and Zvi Gal
Keywords: Lower Galilee, hill country, Israelites, Tiglath Pileser III, bodeda
The Small tell of ‘En Zippori is located in a fertile valley, near the cluster of springs known as ‘Ayanot Zippori. Meager structural remains were uncovered at the site, revealing a one-stratum occupation, dated to the seventh–early sixth centuries BCE. The pottery, found
in situ
on the bedrock floor and covered with ash, exhibits both coastal and inland ceramic traditions, including typical Iron Age II forms and later Persian-period types. The site underwent a violent destruction, probably during the Assyrian campaign led by Tiglath Pileser III, and was subsequently abandoned.