Table of Contents
Preface vii
Authors' Sigla xv
Abbreviations xvi
Diacritical system xxiv
Key to transliteration of Hebrew and Aramaic xxv
I Tel Mikhal nos. 2161-2165 1
II Area of modern Tel Aviv nos. 2166-2170 7
III Bat Yam no. 2171 17
IV Ioppe nos. 2172-2262 19
Introduction 19
Inscriptions 32
A Dedications nos. 2172-2173 32
B Funerary inscriptions - The ancient necropolis of Jaffa nos. 2174-2255 36
Burial cave near Herzl Road nos. 2174-2175 38
Burial site at Abu Kabir nos. 2176-2178 41
Rock-cut tomb south of Kibbutz Galuyot Street nos. 2179-2181 45
C Instrumentum domesticum nos. 2256-2262 135
Amulet no. 2256 135
Weights nos. 2257-2261 137
V Tel Yonah no. 2263 147
VI Bet Hanan no. 2264 149
VII Iamnia nos. 2265-2286 151
Introduction 151
Inscriptions 158
A Res sacrae nos. 2265-2266 158
B Royal document no. 2267 161
C Funerary inscription no. 2268 165
D Instrumentum domestic urn. nos. 2269-2280 167
Amulets nos. 2269-2270 167
Weights nos. 2271-2272 169
Sling bullets nos. 2274-2278 172
Graffito and dipinto nos. 2279-2280 177
E Varia no. 2281 179
F Fragments nos. 2282-2286 180
VIII Kh. ed-Duheisha no. 2287 185
IX H. Habra nos. 2288,-2291 187
X el-Mughar no, 2292 193
XI Cariathmaus nos. 2293-2294 195
XII Azotus nos. 2295-2312 199
Introduction 199
Inscriptions 202
A Res sacrae nos. 2295-2297 202
B Instrumentum domesticum nos. 2298-2309 207
Weights nos. 2298-2300 207
Graffiti and dipinto nos. 2301-2309 211
C Varia no. 2310 220
D Fragments nos. 2311-2312 222
XIII Asor nos. 2313-2316 225
XIV Hamama no. 2317 231
XV Kh. Makkus nos. 2318-2320 233
XVI Ascalon nos. 2321-2421 237
Introduction 237
Inscriptions 253
A Res sacrae nos. 2321-2331 253
B Imperial document no. 2332 268
C Emperor no. 2333 269
D Inscriptions of public character and in architectural contexts nos. 2334-2340 270
E Funerary inscriptions nos. 2341-2352 280
F Instrumentum domesticum nos. 2353-2394 292
Amulets nos. 2353-2357 292
Weights nos. 2358-2366 297
Lead Seals nos. 2367-2377 314
Ship equipment nos. 2378-2386 323
Ostraca, graffiti and dipinti nos. 2387-2394 330
G Varia nos. 2395-2397 338
H Fragments nos. 2398-2421 341
XVII Hadaria nos. 2422-2423 359
XVIII Ozem nos. 2424-2429 361
XIX Ziqim nos. 2430-2431 367
XX Tell Shekef no. 2432 371
XXI Erez nos. 2433-2436 373
XXII Or ha-Ner no. 2437 377
XXIII Beit Lahiya no. 2438 379
XXIV Anthedon nos. 2439-2442 381
Introduction 381
Inscriptions 384
XXV Jabaliya nos. 2443-2459 389
XXVI Gaza nos. 2460-2522 409
Introduction 409
Inscriptions 430
A Res sacrae nos. 2460-2474 430
B Inscription of public character and in architectural context no. 2475 454
C Funerary inscriptions nos. 2476-2508 455
D Instrumentum domesticum nos. 2509-2517 498
Amulets and ring nos. 2509-2513 498
Dipinti nos. 2514-2515 503
E Varia nos. 2518-2520 508
F Fragments nos. 2521-2522 514
XXVII Oga no. 2524 515
XXVIII Tel Mefalsim nos. 2525-2528 517
XXIX Tell el-Ajjul no. 2529 521
XXX Be'erot Yitzhak no. 2530 523
XXXI Thabatha nos. 2531-2533 525
XXXII Sheikh Raschid no. 2534 529
XXXIII Yizre'am no. 2535 531
XXXIV Deir el-Balah nos. 2536-253S 533 l XXXV H. Gerarit nos. 2539-2540 537
XXXVI Kissufim nos. 2541-2547 541
XXXVII Kh. Tamma nos. 2548-2559 555
XXXVIII Khan Yunis no. 2560 569
XXXIX Abasan el-Kabir no. 2561 571
XI Raphia nos. 2562-2572 573
Introduction 573
Inscriptions 578
XII Items of unknown provenance nos. 2573-2648 597
A Res sacrae no. 2573 597
B Funerary inscriptions nos. 2574-2578 598
C Instrumentum domesticum nos. 2579-2648 605
Weights manufactured in Anthedon nos. 2580-2581 606
Weights manufactured in Ascalon nos. 2582-2587 610
Weights manufactured in Gaza nos. 2588-2620 617
Weights manufactured in Raphia nos. 2621-2633 657
Index of personal names 693
Maps 737