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Jar Handles


Jar Handles



These storage jar handles from Hellenistic Dor are the earliest known examples of Palestinian pottery stamped with Greek letters. Stratigraphic evidence dates these finds to ca. 130 BCE, a full century after many have argued for a thorough going Hellenization of the Levant. (From Ariel et al. 1985:137f.)

Harrison, Robert. “Hellenization in Syria-Palestine: The Case of Judea in the Third Century Bce.” Biblical Archaeologist: Volume 57 1-4 2001 : 104. Print.

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