primary_archaeological_report · src_meshel_2012_kuntillet_ajrud
Kuntillet ‘Ajrud (Ḥorvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai Border
Zeev Meshel · 2012
Reading ancient testimony
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Document and modern access
- Type
- final excavation report
- Publication
- Israel Exploration Society
Records informed by this source
- property assignment Kuntillet Ajrud — has property — Contextual record outside primary intervalEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · site chronology
Supports assignment.
- date assertion Occupation and inscriptional activity at Kuntillet Ajrud — date assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · dates · chronology chapter
Supports final-report dating.
- geography assertion Kuntillet Ajrud — geography assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · locates · final report; site architecture and chronology
Supports identification and archaeological location of Kuntillet Ajrud; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
- claim Religious inscriptions and images at Kuntillet Ajrud do not automatically make the whole installation a temple or shrine.Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: moderateConfidence in the stated assessmentinforms · proposes interpretation · site interpretation in final report
Supports stronger religious-site reading.
- date assertion Occupation and inscriptional activity at Kuntillet Ajrud — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · architecture, ceramics, and chronology
Primary final report.
- relationship Kuntillet Ajrud — located in — Sinai and Egyptian frontierEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · final report; site architecture and chronology
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
- date assertion Kuntillet Ajrud — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · final report; site architecture and chronology
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
- event Occupation and inscriptional activity at Kuntillet AjrudEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · architecture, ceramics, and chronology
Primary final report.
- entity Kuntillet AjrudEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides archaeological observation · final report; site architecture and chronology
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.