Biblical Archaeology Review

Exodus 14:23–29; Exodus 15:4. Pharaoh orchestrated the attack and may even have led the troops to the Red Sea (Exodus 14:8–10), but Exodus 14:27–28 doesn’t list him among the drowned.

Herr’s argument that storehouses should be located in non-public areas because of security reasons is weak (p. 53). Even a cursory glance at ancient urban planning in Rome, Ostia, Egypt and elsewhere indicates that many storehouses were located in public areas. See Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings

The storehouses at Masada, Ostia and Rome are primary examples of the standard rectangular granary width.

This practice is known as opus signinum. An example of this flooring method can be found in the construction of the Grandi Horrea of Ostia. See G. Calza, “Gli horrea tra il tevere e el decumano, nel centro di Ostia antica,” Notzie degli Scavi di Antichita (1921), p. 371.

Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, pp. 293–297.

Barre, “Country Storage of Grain,” p. 293–297.

See L.V. Barton, “Effect of Different Storage Conditions on the Germination of Seeds of Cinchona Ledgeriana Moens.,” Contributions to the Boyce Thompson Institute 15 (1947), pp. 1–10.

See R.E. Hamilton, C.J. Lynde, and R.K. Larmour, “Flour Storage in Bulk,” in Storage of Cereal Grains, p. 443.

G. Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1971), p. 234.