Table Of Content

Israel Exploration Journal CONTENTS Amar, ZouAR: Gold Production in the ‘Arabah Valley in the Tenth Century AmiRAN, Davip H.K.: The Madaba Mosaic Map as a Climate Indicator for the Sixth Century ARAV, RAMI and BERNETT, Monika: An Egyptian Figurine of Pataikos at Bethsaida AUFRECHT, WALTER E. and Suury, Wenpy D.: Three Iron Age Seals: Moabite, Aramaic and Hebrew Ben-Tor, DAPHNa: The Relations between Egypt and Palestine in the Middle Kingdom as Reflected by Contemporary Canaanite Scarabs Cross, FRANK Moore and EsHEL, EsTHER: Ostraca from Khirbet Qumran Di SeGni, LeAu: The Date of the Beit Safafa Inscription Again GAL, Zvi, SMITHLINE, HowarD and SHALEM, Dina: A Chalcolithic Burial Cave in Peqi‘in, Upper Galilee Gitin, SEYMouR, DoTHAN, TRUDE and NaveEH, JOSEPH: A Royal Dedicatory Inscription from Ekron Gopuna, Ram: The Southern Coastal Troughs as EB I Subsistence Areas HACHLILI, RACHEL: A Jericho Ossuary and a Jerusalem Workshop Horowitz, Wayne: A Combined Multiplication Table on a Prism Fragment from Hazor KALLal, ZECHARIA: The Patriarchal Boundaries, Canaan and the Land of Israel: Patterns and Application in Biblical Historiography Na’AMAN, Napav: King Mesha and the Foundation of the Moabite Monarchy Opep, Bustanay: The Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III: Review Article STERN, E., BERG, J., GiLBoA, A., SHARON, 1. and Zorn, J.: Tel Dor, 1994-1995: Preliminary Stratigraphic Report TALMON, SHEMARYAHU: A Masada Fragment of Samaritan Origin Wo rF, SAMUEL R.: ‘Ironian’ Casseroles from Nizzana and Iskandil Burnu, YARDENI, Apa: A Draft of a Deed on an Ostracon from Khirbet Qumran ZorRN, JEFFREY: More on Mesopotamian Burial Practices in Israel VARIA AMITAI-PREISs, REUVEN: A Note on a ‘Mamluk’ Drum from Bethsaida Bouak, GIDEON: A Note on the Chnoubis Gem from Tel Dor DeuTscH, ROBERT and HELTZER, MICHAEL: ‘Abday on Eleventh-Century B.C.E. Arrowheads NOTES AND NEWS Excavations and Surveys Beth Gan, 1995 Dor, Byzantine Church, 1994 Tell ‘En Sippori, 1996 Tel Hamid (The Lower Terrace), 1995, 1996 Tel Hazor, 1997 Sepphoris (Sippori), 1996 Sha‘ar ha-Golan, 1997 Tel Yarmut, 1996 Conferences THE FIFTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION Of the Israel Exploration Society and the Israel Antiquities Authority THE Firty-First ANNUAL CONVENTION Of the Israel Exploration Society and the Israel Antiquities Authority THE TWENTY-SECOND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS IN ISRAEL THE TWENTY-THIRD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS IN ISRAEL Obituaries FRIEDLAENDER, HENRI GUTMAN, SHMARYAHU REVIEWS Dar, SHIMON: Settlements and Cult Sites on Mount Hermon, Israel: Ituraean Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods — Ma‘oz, Zvi URI Epu‘aL, I. and NAveH, J.: Aramaic Ostraca of the Fourth Century B.C. from Idumaea — SOKOLOFF, MICHAEL FIsHBANE, M. and Tov, E. (eds.): ‘Sha‘arei Talmon’: Studies in the Bible, Qumran, and the Ancient Near East Presented to Shemaryahu Talmon — Auituv, SHMUEL Lemaire, A.: Nouvelles inscriptions araméennes d'Idumée au Musée d'Israél — EpuraL, ISRAEL LEONARD, J. Jr.: The Jordan Valley Survey, 1953: Some Unpublished Soundings Conducted by James Mellaart — GARFINKEL, YOSEF LOFFREDA, STANISLAO O.F.M.: Lucerne Bizantine in Terra Santa con Iscrizioni in Greco (Byzantine Lamps from the Holy Land with Greek Inscriptions) — GicHON, MORDECHAI TSAFRIR, YORAM, Di SEGNI, LEAH and GREEN, JuDITH: Tabula Imperii Romani, Iudaea « Palaestina, Eretz Israel in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods, Maps and Gazetteer — MESHEL, ZEEV HEBREW BOOKS AND PAPERS Books Eretz-Israel be-Mapath Medba’ (Eretz-Israel in the Madaba Map) BOOKS RECEIVED, 1996