Katharina Streit and Felix Höflmayer "The Austrian Expedition to Tel Lachish (2017–2022)"

Since 2017, four seasons of excavation have been conducted at Tel Lachish on behalf of the Austrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In Area P, current excavations expanded the eastern wing of the Middle Bronze Age palace further. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the palace was destroyed in two episodes in the early and mid-16th century BCE. A monumental wall in similar orientation found beneath the plastered floors suggests the existence of an even earlier structure, 8 m wide and least 13m long, excavated currently to 2.6 m depth. The structure has been tentatively dated to the Iron Age IA. In Area S, a large early Late Bronze Age building was uncovered, radio-carbon-dated to the 15th century BCE. Finds include among other an early alphabetic inscription and a hieratic ostracon bearing a ration list with West-Semitic names, attesting to remarkably early administrative activity at the site. This lecture summarizes and discusses the results of the project in light oft he findings from previous excavations.

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