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G. Edelstein

fl. 1968–1977

Excavator and archaeologist, active 1968–1977. Excavated with V. Tsaferis; worked with Ben-Arieh.

Life and work

  1. 1968–1977
    Excavated the tombs at Tel 'Eton in 1968, publishing their lamps, and with Ben-Arieh published the Late Bronze Age tombs near the Persian Garden at Akko (1977).

    Varda Sussman, Oil-Lamps in the Holy Land: Saucer Lamps From the beginning to the Hellenistic period Collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2007), p. 325

  2. 1968
    Co-directed with V. Tsaferis the 1968 excavation of the Tel 'Aitun necropolis, which held many imported Cypriot vases, and co-published the tombs near the Persian Garden at Akko.

    Revue biblique (1915)

  3. 1977
    Co-author with Ben-Arieh of the 1977 publication of the Late Bronze Age Akko necropolis fragments, including the smaller fragment.

    Hartmut Matthäus, Spätbronzezeitliche und früheisenzeitliche Thymiateria in der Levante und auf der Insel Zypern – Formgeschichtliche Untersuchungen (2010), p. 208

  4. Undated
    Co-author of the publication of the tombs near the Persian Garden at Akko, including a bronze hook from Grave B 3.

    Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999), p. 129

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Sources

  1. 1.Varda Sussman, Oil-Lamps in the Holy Land: Saucer Lamps From the beginning to the Hellenistic period Collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2007).
  2. 2.Hartmut Matthäus, Spätbronzezeitliche und früheisenzeitliche Thymiateria in der Levante und auf der Insel Zypern – Formgeschichtliche Untersuchungen (2010).
  3. 3.Revue biblique (1915).
  4. 4.Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999).

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