The Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit: Volume 2: The Stratigraphy, Ceramics, and Other Finds(67 The Brill Reference Library of Judaism)

Horvat Omrit is a Roman period sanctuary complex in northern Israel with well-preserved temple architecture. This report presents artifacts recovered in the temenos excavations from 1999 to 2011. The volume begins with a discussion of the excavated stratigraphy, the major building phases, and the dates associated with them. Subsequent chapters examine Hellenistic and Roman ceramics, lamps, terracotta figurines, wall paintings and frescoes, coins from the Roman and medieval periods, a dedicatory pavement inscription, a 3rd-century BCE Aramaic inscription, faunal remains, jewellery, an 8th-century BCE cylinder seal, a marble sphinx, a stucco relief, and a small, inscribed altar. An appendix associates the catalogued artifacts with their stratigraphic locations. Altogether the artifacts contribute to the archaeology and history of a diverse Galilee.

Table of Contents:
Preface, Excavation Methodology, and Nomenclature List of Tables, Figures and Plates Abbreviations Introduction  J. Andrew Overman 1 The Stratigraphy  J. Andrew Overman, Daniel N. Schowalter, Michael C. Nelson, and Nanette Goldman 2 The Hellenistic and Roman Pottery  Débora Sandhaus 3 The Lamps: Catalog and Discussion  Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom 4 The Terracotta Figurines  Adi Erlich 5 Wall Painting Remains in Horvat Omrit: Final Report  Silvia Rozenberg 6 The Coins from the Temple Excavations at Omrit  Gabriela Bijovsky 7 An Inscription on the Paving of the Omrit Temple Complex  Daniel N. Schowalter 8 A Fragmentary Aramaic Inscription from the 3rd Century BCE  Hagai Misgav 9 Sacrificial Holocaust: The Faunal Remains from the Roman Temple Excavations at Omrit  Rachel Hesse 10 Jewelry from the Temple Area  Tziona Grossmark 11 A Roman Sphinx Statue from Omrit  Tali Sharvit 12 A Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal from Horvat Omrit Dated to the Reign of Sargon II (721–705 BCE)  Baruch Brandl and Tziona Grossmark 13 A Stucco Relief  Adi Erlich 14 The Zeus Altar  Emily Prosch Appendix: Square Stratigraphy and Associated Material Culture Index Plates

About the Author :
J. Andrew Overman, Ph.D. (1989) Boston University, is the Drake Distinguished Professor in Art History and the Humanities at Macalester College. He has excavated numerous sites in northern Israel and the Black Sea. Daniel N. Schowalter, Th.D. (1989) Harvard University, is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. He also digs at Mandeure, a Roman theater/sanctuary in eastern France, and studies Roman religion at sites around the Mediterranean. Michael C. Nelson, Ph.D. (2001), University of Toronto, is an Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology at Queens College. He published Volume 1 which presented the architecture of the three Roman period temples.