The Akeldama Tombs: Three burial caves in the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem 9654060183, 9789654065429
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Front matter
Preface
Contents
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Chapter 1: Architecture, Burial Customs and Chronology
Chapter 2: The Ossuaries and the Sarcophagus
Chapter 3: The Ossuary and Sarcophagus Inscriptions
Chapter 4: The Pottery
Chapter 5: The Glass Vessels
Chapter 6: The Coins
Chapter 7: Jewelry and Miscellaneous Objects
Chapter 8: Anthropological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains
Appendix: Distribution of Artifacts in Caves*
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IAA Reports, No. 1
The Akeldama Tombs j
THREE BURIAL CAVES IN THE KIDRON VALLEY, JERUSALEM
GIDEON AVNI AND ZVI GREENHUT
In collaboration with TAMAR SHADMI TAL ILAN
ROM BENARIEH AND TANIA COENUZZIELLI TAMAR WINTER GABRIELA BIJOVSKY JOSEPH ZIAS
ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY
JERUSALEM 1996
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