Ancient Jaffa from the Persian to the Byzantine Period

The work undertaken by Orit Tsuf represents an important first step toward the full publication of Jacob Kaplan’s and Haya Ritter-Kaplan’s excavations in Jaffa and its necropolis at Abu Kabir, all of which took place between 1955 and 1974. Part I is devoted to the excavations, among others of the “Sounding X” with its Persian to Byzantine remains, the Residence in Area C, the Agora of Jaffa, the Historic Sacred Center (Tel Yaffo) and Hellenistic to Byzantine graves. Part II focuses on the excavated objects. At the core of the study stands the fully illustrated pottery collection of ca. 1200 ceramic objects and fragments dating from Iron Age to Byzantine Period. Further chapters are devoted to glass vessels, stone vessels and metal finds.

Lists / Abbreviations / Editors’ Preface / Acknowledgement / Preface / General Introduction

Part I: Stratigraphy and Architecture

Chapter 1: Introduction (Orit Tsuf)

Chapter 2: Sounding X: Persian to Byzantine Remains (Orit Tsuf) 

Chapter 3: The Residence in Area C (Orit Tsuf)

Chapter 4: Area Y: The Agora of Jaffa and Other Remains (Orit Tsuf)

Chapter 5: Area A: The Historic Sacred Center (Tel Yaffo) (Orit Tsuf)

Chapter 6: Area G: Industrial Remains (Orit Tsuf)

Chapter 7: Area T: Hellenistic to Byzantine Graves (Orit Tsuf)

Chapters 1–7: Works Cited (Orit Tsuf) 

Part II: Pottery and Other Small Finds

Chapter 8: Introduction (Orit Tsuf)

Chapter 9: The Pottery (Orit Tsuf) 

Chapter 10: Roman Amphorae (Peter Gendelman)

Chapter 11: Glass Vessels (Ruth E. Jackson-Tal)

Chapter 12: The Metal Finds (Kate Raphael) 

Chapter 13: Bone, Ivory, Antler, and Horn Objects (Etan Ayalon) 

Chapter 14: The Stone Vessels (David Amit and Yonatan Adler) 

Chapter 15: Terracotta Figurines (Adi Erlich) 

Chapter 16: The Necropolis on the Hill of Abu Kabir (Avner Ecker)