A History of Pottery and Potters in Ancient Jerusalem - Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961-1967 - H. J. Franken †
A Survey of Pottery Production in the Iron Age
A History of Pottery and Potters in Ancient Jerusalem - Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961-1967 - H. J. Franken †
H. J. Franken † [+]
H. J. Franken, who died in 2005, was Emeritus Professor at the State University Leiden, The Netherlands, and the author of Excavations at Tell Deir 'Alla: The Late Bronze Sanctuary (Louvain, 1992) and of numerous articles on Near Eastern archaeology.
Description
This chapter presents a survey of pottery production in the Iron Age. It discusses the development of the potter’s craft from the 12th century BCE until its end around the 4th or 3rd century BCE. The survey presented is restricted to the developments of the pottery found in ancient Jerusalem.