Biblical Archaeology Review

Gary D. Pratico, “Where is Ezion-Geber? A Reappraisal of the Site Archaeologist Nelson Glueck Identified as King Solomon’s Red Sea Port,” BAR 12:05.

See Anson F. Rainey, “The Saga of Eliashib,” BAR 13:02.

The seal impression reads: LQOSG[BR] MLK’[DM], “Belonging to Qosg[br] King of E[dom].”

See Floyd S. Fierman, “Rabbi Nelson Glueck—An Archaeologist’s Secret Life in the Service of the OSS,” BAR 12:05.

A wadi is a dry river or streambed that flows only as a result of flash floods in winter.

The expedition was directed by the author and included students of Tel Aviv University’s Institute of Archaeology, as well as a number of volunteers. The scientific team included Dani Weiss and Dani Goldschmidt, area supervisors; Liora Freud, area supervisor and registrar; Joseph Kapelyan, surveyor and drawer of finds; Moshe Weinberg and Avraham Hay, photographers. The pottery restoration was carried out in the institute’s laboratory by Naomi Nedav, Mira Barak, Yona Shapira and Rahel Pelta.

I named the site after a small wadi at the foot of the site, named Wadi Qatamat in Arabic and Nahal Qitmit in Hebrew. “Qatamat” in Arabic means dusty, ashy sand. The Hebrew name is derived from the Mishnah and means ashes.

On behalf of the Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, and the Israel Department of Antiquities.

For an example of a four-room house, see Yohanan Aharoni, “The Israelite Occupation of Canaan,” BAR 08:03.

See Aharon Kempinski, “Joshua’s Altar—An Iron Age I Watchtower,” BAR 12:01) and Adam Zertal, “How Can Kempinski Be So Wrong!” both in BAR 12:01).