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Zertal explained the significance of the discovery, “This identification enhances the historical and archaeological value of the site and proves that chariots belonging to high-ranking individuals were found there. It provides support for the possibility, which has not yet been definitively
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Among the more intriguing objects uncovered by the dig is a small, round, bronze relief measuring about 2 cm. in diameter and 5 mm. thick. The bronze shows the "face of a woman wearing a cap and earrings shaped as chariot wheels." It was found inside a structure identified by the
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When you look at plans of sites of the
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commented on Zertal's claim, saying that "So far, however, there is no identifiable
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archaeological team as the “Governor's House”. It is clear that the bronze was once the finial or end of an "elongated object" from which it had been broken off in antiquity.
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belonging to a high-ranking personage. It would have appeared on the side of a chariot in much the position as a modern hubcap.
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with other early Iron Age sites in Israel, Finkelstein estimates its date to be around 100 years later than Zertal.
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226:Iron Ages
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350:See also
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242:Sardinia
203:Caesarea
179:El-Ahwat
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332:chariot
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