On December 19, 2018, the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times will conduct a workshop on votive objects in the the Late Bronze and Iron Age Levant.
Here are the details of the workshop:
“Votive offerings in Ancient Israel, Aram and Surrounding Cultures”
The workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at the Laboratory of the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project and the RIAB Minerva Center, located in the basement of the Judaic Studies Faculty Building (#410), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.
Schedule:
8:00-8:30 Gathering and refreshments
8:30-9:15 Angelika Berlejung (Leipzig) – “Gifts for life”: Votive offerings in Ancient Israel
9:15-10:00 Itzik Shai (Ariel) – Canaanite Votive Gifts and their Importance within their context at Tel Burna
10:00-10:30 Refreshments
10:30-11:15 Shua Kisilevitz (IAA and TAU) – What’s the Cache? Cultic Vessels and Figurines from the Temple at Moẓa
11:15-12:00 Maria Eniukhina (BIU) – Votive objects from the Iron Age I/IIA Temple in Area D, in the lower city of Tell es-Safi/Gath.
12:00-13:00 Lunch for presenters
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