Excavations in North Sinai I: Tell el-Borg I: The Dwelling of the Lion on the Ways of Horus

536 Pages·2014·428.105 MB·English

by  James K. Hoffmeier

Excavations in North Sinai:
Tell el-Borg I

E n s
xcavations in orth inai
Tell el-Borg I
The “Dwelling of the Lion” on the Ways of Horus
Edited by
J K. h
amEs offmEiEr
with contributions by
Kenneth A. Kitchen, James E. Knudstad,
Rexine Hummel, Stuart Swiny, Catherine Duff, Gregory D. Mumford,
Tomasz Herbich, Stephen O. Moshier, and others
Winona Lake, Indiana
EisEnbrauns
2014
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tell el-Borg I : the “Dwelling of the Lion” on the ways of Horus / edited by James K.
Hoffmeier ; with contributions by Kenneth A. Kitchen, James E. Knudstad, Rexine Hummel,
Stuart Swiny, Catherine Duff, Gregory D. Mumford, Tomasz Herbich, Stephen O. Moshier,
and others.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-57506-305-8 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Tell el-Borg Site (Egypt) 2. Sinai (Egypt)—Antiquities. 3. Excavations
(Archaeology)—Egypt—Sinai. 4. Fortification—Egypt—Sinai. I. Hoffmeier, James Karl,
1951– editor, author. II. Kitchen, K. A. (Kenneth Anderson), author. III. Knudstad,
James E., author. IV. Hummel, Rexine, author. V. Swiny, Stuart, author. VI. Duff,
Catherine, author. VII. Mumford, Gregory D., 1965– author. VIII. Herbich, Tomasz,
author. IX. Moshier, Stephen O., 1955– author.
DT73.T26T48 2014
932.014—dc23
2014011315
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Infor-
mation Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. ♾™
Dedicated to
Harvey L. Miller and Mohamed Abd el-Maksoud
Two men who made this project and publication possible

Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
chaptEr 1. Introduction to the Work at Tell el-Borg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
James K. Hoffmeier
chaptEr 2. “The Ways of Horus”: Reconstructing Egypt’s East Frontier
Defense Network and the Military Road to Canaan
in New Kingdom Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
James K. Hoffmeier and Stephen O. Moshier
chaptEr 3. The Geological Setting of Tell el-Borg with Implications for
Ancient Geography of Northwest Sinai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stephen O. Moshier
chaptEr 4. Field I and Miscellaneous Inscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
James K. Hoffmeier and Kenneth A. Kitchen
chaptEr 5. The Fortification Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
James K. Hoffmeier, James E. Knudstad, Rosa A. Frey,
Ronald D. Bull, and Gregory D. Mumford
chaptEr 6. The Ramesside Period Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
James K. Hoffmeier, James E. Knudstad, Rosa Frey,
Gregory Mumford, and Kenneth A. Kitchen
chaptEr 7. Results of the Magnetic Survey at Tell el-Borg, North Sinai,
March 2006 and 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Thomasz Herbich
chaptEr 8. A Report on the Ceramics Recovered from Tell El-Borg . . . . . . . . . 364
Rexine Hummel
vii
viii Contents
chaptEr 9. Levantine-Egyptian Interconnections at Tell el-Borg, North Sinai . . . 436
Catherine A. Duff
chaptEr 10. The Cypriot Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Stuart Swiny
chaptEr 11. Ceramic Miscellanies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
I. Preliminary Report on the Mycenaean Pottery
Rexine Hummel 495
II. Tell el-Borg Pottery Volumes
Gregory D. Mumford 502
III. Red-Painted Nefer ( ) Jars: The Example from Tell el-Borg
Lyla Pinch-Brock 506
chaptEr 12. Metal Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
The Spear/Lance (TBO 0177) and Sword (TBO 0395) from Field IV
Mike Neska 510
The Short Sword (Dirk) (TBO 0395) from Field IV
Mike Neska 513
Arrowheads and Javelin Found at Tell el-Borg
David Falk 514
CD: Color Images, Plans, and Related Materials . . . . . Inside Back Cover