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Kiln/Workshop: Jerusalem International Convention Center (JICC)

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Name, Location, Date, Shapes Made

Name:

Jerusalem Internationa...

Date BCE/CE:

1st c. BCE-2nd c. CE

Period:

Late Hellenistic, Roman

Site:

Jerusalem, West Jerusalem

Country/Region:

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands

Shapes Made:

Casserole/Lopas, Cooki...

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General Information

This site encompasses an enormous zone of workshops, at least 4.5 ha, located on the western side of the modern city of Jerusalem, at and around the sites of a former Hilton Hotel and the current Jerusalem International Convention Center (Hebrew Binyane Ha'uma). Another kiln that is part of this same large complex is the Crowne Plaza Car Park, located at the site of the former Crowne Plaza Hotel's parking lot. Many campaigns have taken place here, beginning in 1949, resumed in 1968, again in 1992, and again from 2009-2011. The earliest evidence for production - kilns, settling pits, and wasters - dates from the very late second/early fir...

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General view of area of the Binyane Ha'uma workshops

Aerial view of the Binyane Ha'uma workshops

View of kiln in the Binyane Ha'uma workshops

plan of the Binyane Ha'uma workshops

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BHU L. 6092, b. 61832-1

Cooking pot

Jerusalem, West Jerusalem

1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

BHU L. 6074, b. 61448-1

Cooking ware jug

Jerusalem, West Jerusalem

late 1st c. BCE - 70 CE

Early Roman

BHU L. 6022, b. 61068-2

Cooking ware jug

Jerusalem, West Jerusalem

late 1st c. BCE - 70 CE

Early Roman

BHU L. 6022, b. 61068-1

Cooking pot

Jerusalem, West Jerusalem

1st c. BCE-70 CE

Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

Break Photos 2

Jerusalem CoD JP_L.173_B.4980-6

Cooking ware jug

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel

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Early Roman

Jerusalem CoD JP_L.173_B.5125-19

Casserole/Lopas

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel

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Early Roman

Petrographic Samples 0

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Wheel-made Knife-Pared ('Herodian') Lamps

Date BCE/CE:

1st c. BCE - 1st c. CE

Period:

Early Roman

Judean Hellenistic-Early Roman Thin-Walled Ware

Date BCE/CE:

1st c. BCE-1st c. CE

Period:

Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

Judean Late Hellenistic-early Roman Compact Cooking Ware

Date BCE/CE:

1st c. BCE-1st c. CE

Period:

Late Hellenistic-Early Roman, Early Roman

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands/Moza clay

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Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands/Moza clay/Aminadav sand-sized dolomite crystals

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Bibliography

Malka Hershkovitz. "The pottery of the first and second centuries CE from Giv'at Ram" Eretz Israel 23 (1992), 309-19 (Hebrew)
Benny Arubas and Haim Goldfus, eds.. Excavations on the Site of the Jerusalem International Convention Center (Binyanei Ha'Uma). The Pottery and Other Small Finds. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 60. Portsmouth RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2005
Danit Levi and Ron Be'eri. "Jerusalem, Binyane Ha-'Umma", 2011. Hadashot Arkheologiyot, http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1813&mag_id=118, January 30, 2018
Michael Avi-Yonah. "Excavations at Sheikh Bader" Bulletin of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society 15 (1949), 19-24
Andrea M. Berlin. "Pottery and pottery production in the Second Temple period" in Excavations on the Site of the Jerusalem International Convention Center (Binyanei Ha'Uma). The Pottery and Other Small Finds, ed(s). Benny Arubas and Haim Goldfus. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 60. Portsmouth RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2005, 29-60

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