@article{866388ae029e46b490ef857f38e5e2a7,
title = "The Cultural Biography of Two Volute Capitals at Iron Age Hazor",
abstract = "This article deals with two volute capitals discovered in secondary use at Hazor in the late 1950s and with their significance to the study of the conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus during the 9th and 8th centuries bce. A fresh look at the {\textquoteleft}cultural biography{\textquoteright} of these monumental artworks in light of the architectural and cultural development of the Iron Age city challenges the conventional explanation of their unique findspot as the result of squatter activity. It is suggested that the two capitals were removed from their original location and placed nearby in a highly visible context as part of an attempt to contest their previously intended meaning and to demonstrate the power of a new political entity.",
keywords = "Aram-Damascus, Hazor, Israel, Volute capitals, object biography",
author = "Assaf Kleiman",
note = "Funding Information: This article is based on ideas developed in my Ph.D. dissertation written in Tel Aviv University under the guidance of Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Benjamin Sass. I wish to extend my gratitude to both them. Additional thanks go to Prof. Angelika Berlejung, my host in Leipzig University, Dr. Eran Arie and the two anonymous reviewers of the article. Lastly, my sincere thanks to Rev. Dr. Casey Strine, Dr. Cat Quine and the Palestine Exploration Fund grants committee for selecting my article for the runner-up of the Routledge Philip Davies Early Career Researcher Publication Award. Financial support for the research was provided by the project, “The History of the Pentateuch: Combining Literary and Archaeological Approaches,” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Sinergia project CRSII1 160785/1). The figures included in this paper were reproduced with the permission of the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Israel Exploration Society. Funding Information: This article is based on ideas developed in my Ph.D. dissertation written in Tel Aviv University under the guidance of Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Benjamin Sass. I wish to extend my gratitude to both them. Additional thanks go to Prof. Angelika Berlejung, my host in Leipzig University, Dr. Eran Arie and the two anonymous reviewers of the article. Lastly, my sincere thanks to Rev. Dr. Casey Strine, Dr. Cat Quine and the Palestine Exploration Fund grants committee for selecting my article for the runner-up of the Routledge Philip Davies Early Career Researcher Publication Award. Financial support for the research was provided by the project, “The History of the Pentateuch: Combining Literary and Archaeological Approaches,” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Sinergia project CRSII1 160785/1). The figures included in this paper were reproduced with the permission of the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Israel Exploration Society. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Palestine Exploration Fund 2021.",
year = "2022",
month = oct,
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2021.1951987",
language = "English",
volume = "154",
pages = "185--203",
journal = "Palestine Exploration Quarterly",
issn = "0031-0328",
publisher = "Maney Publishing",
number = "3",
}