CONTENTS AIT, DAVID and YEZERSKI, IRIT: An Jron Age II Cemetery and Wine Presses at an-Nabi Danyal BEN-AMI, DORON: The Iron Age I at Tel Hazor in Light of the Renewed BRR ONEMNE RS te ss tc an, SA teh Le Oy Lu bn A eed alee esac Ges Beaty, 7A 148 VAN DEN BRINK, EDWIN C.M., LIPHSCHITZ, NILI, LAZAR, DORIT and BONANI, GEORGES: Chalcolithic Dwelling Remains, Cup Marks and Olive (Olea europaea) Stones PURE INANE mo (5S co ten NI rg Pa Pele Ani nade, hae en Oit iseO hc hee oars Eee 36 BUNIMOVITZ, SHLOMO and LEDERMAN, ZVI: The Iron Age Fortifications of Tel Beth Shemesh: A 1999-2000 Perspective CROSS, FRANK Moore: A Fragment of a Monumental Inscription from the City of David KLINGER, SONIA: A Terracotta Statuette of Artemis with a Deer at the Israel Museum MILLARD, ALAN: The Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals: Review Article NAGAR, YOSSI and ESHED, VERED: Where are the Children? Age-dependent Burial PUG TAOC MULTE AIETAS wider su Welce hay amos a AUSSI m,D ee Eek CS mene One ee PO 27 NAVEH, JOSEPH: Hebrew Graffiti from the First Temple Period ORNAN, TALLAY: The Bull and its Two Masters: Moon and Storm Deities in Relation to the Bull in Ancient Near Eastern Art RAINEY, ANSON F: Israel in Merenptah’s Inscription and Reliefs .............57 RAPUANO, YEHUDAH: The Hasmonean Period ‘Synagogue’ at Jericho and the ‘Council Chamber’ Building at Qumran VARIA DEUTSCH, ROBERT: A Lead Weight of Shimon Bar Kokhba GEYER, PATRICK ScoTT: Evidence of Flax Cultivation from the Temple-Granary CORIDIES Ct-16l) (sCtsaIC/ SUNOS). 66S 6 bh a Ke 4S 8S WOM OSS we 231 ILAN, TAL: An Inscribed Ossuary from a Private Collection................. 92 CONTENTS AIT, DAVID and YEZERSKI, IRIT: An Jron Age II Cemetery and Wine Presses at an-Nabi Danyal BEN-AMI, DORON: The Iron Age I at Tel Hazor in Light of the Renewed BRR ONEMNE RS te ss tc an, SA teh Le Oy Lu bn A eed alee esac Ges Beaty, 7A 148 VAN DEN BRINK, EDWIN C.M., LIPHSCHITZ, NILI, LAZAR, DORIT and BONANI, GEORGES: Chalcolithic Dwelling Remains, Cup Marks and Olive (Olea europaea) Stones PURE INANE mo (5S co ten NI rg Pa Pele Ani nade, hae en Oit iseO hc hee oars Eee 36 BUNIMOVITZ, SHLOMO and LEDERMAN, ZVI: The Iron Age Fortifications of Tel Beth Shemesh: A 1999-2000 Perspective CROSS, FRANK Moore: A Fragment of a Monumental Inscription from the City of David KLINGER, SONIA: A Terracotta Statuette of Artemis with a Deer at the Israel Museum MILLARD, ALAN: The Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals: Review Article NAGAR, YOSSI and ESHED, VERED: Where are the Children? Age-dependent Burial PUG TAOC MULTE AIETAS wider su Welce hay amos a AUSSI m,D ee Eek CS mene One ee PO 27 NAVEH, JOSEPH: Hebrew Graffiti from the First Temple Period ORNAN, TALLAY: The Bull and its Two Masters: Moon and Storm Deities in Relation to the Bull in Ancient Near Eastern Art RAINEY, ANSON F: Israel in Merenptah’s Inscription and Reliefs .............57 RAPUANO, YEHUDAH: The Hasmonean Period ‘Synagogue’ at Jericho and the ‘Council Chamber’ Building at Qumran VARIA DEUTSCH, ROBERT: A Lead Weight of Shimon Bar Kokhba GEYER, PATRICK ScoTT: Evidence of Flax Cultivation from the Temple-Granary CORIDIES Ct-16l) (sCtsaIC/ SUNOS). 66S 6 bh a Ke 4S 8S WOM OSS we 231 ILAN, TAL: An Inscribed Ossuary from a Private Collection................. 92 JACOBY, RUTH: The Four Seasons in Zodiac Mosaics: The Tallaras Baths in Astypalaea, Greece SCHNIEDEWIND, WILLIAM M. and ZUCKERMAN, BRUCE: A Possible Reconstruction of the Name of Haza’el’s Father in the Tel Dan Inscription NOTES AND NEWS Excavations and Surveys Bethsaida, 2000 Tel ‘En Sippori, 2000 Tel Hazor, 2001 MCLEE UCT Gt EROSION 8 os os cle Aer ie tn eS Gad gS Met x Bloke ; Conferences and Meetings The Council of the Israel Exploration Society The Twenty-seventh Archaeological Congress in Israel Corrigenda Tel Beth Shemesh, 1997-2000, Notes and News, IEJ50 .................. 252 Y. Rapuano: The Hasmonean Period ‘Synagogue’ at Jericho and the ‘Council Chamber’ Building at Qumran, this volume... . REVIEWS HIRSCHFELD, YIZHAR ET AL.: Ramat Hanadiv Excavations: Final Report of the 1984-1998 Seasons — GLORIA S. MERKER JOHNS, C.N.: Pilgrims’ Castle (‘Atlit), David’s Tower (Jerusalem) and Qal‘at ar-Rabad (‘Ajlun), Three Middle Eastern Castles from the Time of the Crusades — DAN BAHAT KRAHMALKOV, CHARLES R.: Phoenician-Punic Dictionary — JOSEPH NAVEH... . KRAHMALKOV, CHARLES R.: A PhoeniciGaranmm-ar ——P JuOSEnPH iNAcVE H .. . LEVINE, BARUCH A.: Numbers 21-36. A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary — SHMUEL AHITUV SKUPINSKA-LOVSET, ILONA: Portraiture in Roman Syria: A Study in Social and Regional Differentiation within the Art of Portrait— uARrTHeU R SEGAL... . 115 BOOKS RECEIVED, 2000 copae deo da e ze