A New Segment of the Middle Bronze Fortification in the City of David

The article is a preliminary report on an additional exposure of the Middle Bronze ii eastern fortifications of the City of David. Two massive parallel walls (3.5 m thick and up to 8 m preserved height) are presented. These walls form the lower exit of the underground Warren's Shaft system, and...

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Published inTel Aviv (1974) Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 141 - 153
Main Authors Reich, Ronny, Shukron, Eli
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tel Aviv Routledge 01.11.2010
Tel Aviv University, Institute of Archaeology
Subjects
Ancient civilizations of the near east
Art and archaeology
CITY OF DAVID
FORTIFICATIONS
JERUSALEM
Mesopotamia and Near East
Middle Bronze Age
MIDDLE BRONZE II
Palestine
Middle Bronze Age
Palestine
Israel
Levant
Asia
Palestine
Ancient excavation
City of David
Wall
Tunnel
Fortifications
Town
Excavation report
Jerusalem
David
Middle Bronze II
Excavation
Fortification
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Summary:The article is a preliminary report on an additional exposure of the Middle Bronze ii eastern fortifications of the City of David. Two massive parallel walls (3.5 m thick and up to 8 m preserved height) are presented. These walls form the lower exit of the underground Warren's Shaft system, and at the same time scale the steep eastern slope of the hill above. it appears that a small segment of these walls had already been exposed by the M. Parker expedition in 1909. it turns out that Kenyon's MB ii Wall NB connects to the northern of the two walls and does not continue southwards to connect to the wall exposed by Shiloh. The question thus arises as to whether Wall NB is a city wall at all. Currently, it seems that the massive parallel walls were originally planned as a fortified downslope corridor leading to the spring, but were soon replaced by the underground rock-cut tunnel.
ISSN:0334-4355
2040-4786
DOI:10.1179/033443510x12760074470900