Gunneweg, Jan and Perlman, I. and D.T. Ariel 1995, A
group of stamped Hellenistic Storage Jar handles from Dor, in
Excavations at Dor, final report, (Stern, Ed.), Volume IB, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, Qedem Reports series No. 2, pp. 481-488
Nineteen Greek stamped handles out of a total of 85 of a
'Levantine' type storage-jar registered at Tel Dor were submitted
to instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to learn where
they were manufactured.
They appeared within the interval 175-130 B.C.E. The analyses of
local Dor pottery as well as the stamped handles were performed
at the Archaeometry Unit at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The results of this study showed that the chemical compositions
of the jars match statistically reference materials from the
northern coastal region of Israel, regions that were once part of
Phoenicia.
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