the tel burna archaeological project results of the 2010-2011 seasons joe uziel and itzhaq shai
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Results of the 2010-2011 Seasons
Joe Uziel and Itzhaq Shai
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Previous Research
• Aharoni and Amiran
• Dagan’s Survey of the Shephelah – which includes this site
• Koh’s Survey
• No Excavations Conducted at the Site
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Tel Burna = Biblical Libnah?
• Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it (Josh. 10: 29)
• In the western foothills: …Libnah, Ether, Ashan… (Josh. 15: 33-42)
• So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah (Josh. 21: 13)
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• To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time (2 Kgs. 8: 22)
• Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah (2 Kgs. 23: 31)
• Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah (2 Kgs. 24: 18)
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Possible Locations for
Libnah
• Tel Goded
• Tel Zayit
• Horvat Lavnin
• Tel Burna
– Location near Horvat Eter, Mareshah
– On Border with Philistia
– Iron Age occupation and fortifications
– Evidence for Sennaherib’s Campaign
– 7th Century RemainsThe Tel Burna Archaeological Project
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Area B
Summit Center
Eastern Section
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Area B – LB IIB
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Noses
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Fortifications
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Fortifications
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Fortifications
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Iron Age IIA
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Fortifications
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Iron Age IIA
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Iron Age IIB
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Stamped LMLK Handle
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Conclusions
• LB IIB (13th Century BCE)
• Iron Age IIA (9th Century BCE)
• Iron Age IIB (8th Century BCE)
• Iron Age IIC (7th Century BCE)
• Persian Period
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Lamashtu Plaque from Nahal Guvrin (near Tel Burna) – Published by M. Cogan in IEJ 1995
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