Today, the NY Times came out with an article on the finds from Kh. Qeiyafah, a site in the Elah valley just to the west of Tell es-Safi/Gath. As some of the 2008 team may recall, some of us visited the site during the summer.
The press notice comes out in conjunction with a paper that will presented about the site at a meeting that is being held today in Jerusalem. Additional press notices about this should be appearing in other venues as well – I know this since I was interviewed for both the NY Times and other news agencies.
Whatever the case, the finds from the site are VERY interesting (as I wrote elsewhere in the past).
Clearly then, we Gittites have to go out to Gath this coming season and find some more of the sensational finds that we are used to finding – we are not going to let those hillbillies from the Shephelah one up us … :-)
Aren
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October 31, 2008 at 4:23 pm
G.M. Grena
Back in August when you were given a preview of the findings, were you told that the ostracon contained the words “judge”, “slave”, & “king”? Or were there any differences between what you were told back then, & what was presented at the conference yesterday?
October 31, 2008 at 4:24 pm
G.M. Grena
Oh, & can you please elaborate on why you were so impressed by the ostracon, but seemed relatively unimpressed by the Zayit abecedary?
October 31, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Achish Melek Gat
But if we did go out and find (at Safi) even more spectacular finds (than at Qayafa) would that be ethical? Especially if we made a photograph of it? :)
November 1, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Eric
Speaking of ethics (I’m glad someone went there!), I think I should at least be footnoted in the publication for carrying their ladder town the tell. I still haven’t received my free Qeiyafa tshirt for that selfless act…
November 1, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Eric
Town the tell? Down the tell. I carried it DOWN the tell (all the way to town…)
November 1, 2008 at 6:13 pm
arenmaeir
George,
Hi! As far as I remember, back in August the did not mention those words, but don’t trust my senility. As to the Tel Zayit abecedary – I was very impressed with the inscription itself. I was just not happy about the attempts to read into proof of a) widespread literacy at the time; b) that the “United Kingdom” therefore was proven.
Not that both suggestion might be, but one should provide a slightly stronger argument…
Aren