Biblical Archaeology Review

Mitchell Dahood, S.J., teaches at The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and is an authority on Ugaritic and the Bible.

lancet window: a high, narrow, and sharply arched window.

chevet: the apsidal termination of the east end of a church.

L. H. Vincent and F. M. Abel, Jerusalem Nouvelle, Paris, 1926, pp. 990–991, 965.

Giora Solar joined me in directing the work.

Pillars are square; columns are round.

Archaeologists have determined with a high degree of certainty that some vessels date to a particular time period. Sometimes they can narrow the range to within fifty to a hundred years. Such vessels are used to “diagnose” the strata in which they are found. See the photograph of a collar-rimmed pithos in “Excavations at Tell Mevorakh Are Prelude to Tell Dor Dig,” BAR 05:03, for a good example of a diagnostic vessel.

Note the word “tell” accompanies the Arabic names of sites, and “tel” is used with Hebrew names. BAR uses “tell” when speaking of archaeological mounds in general.

Note the word “tell” accompanies the Arabic names of sites, and “tel” is used with Hebrew names. BAR uses “tell” when speaking of archaeological mounds in general.

Note the word “tell” accompanies the Arabic names of sites, and “tel” is used with Hebrew names. BAR uses “tell” when speaking of archaeological mounds in general.