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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

pottery

In 2016, archaeologists discovered parts of two 4th-century-BCE amphoras unearthed off the coast of Tel Achziv. One of them carried an inscription that was first deciphered and published in 2025. (Jonathan Gotlieb)
February 7, 2025, 9:09 am
Did a daring semiliterate sailor wreck a ship off the Israeli coast 2,400 years ago?
Parts of two double-handled jugs were found in the waters near Tel Achziv in 2016. Scholars recently deciphered the etched writing on one of them
By Rossella Tercatin
The Ohel family whose son, Alon, featured in the poster, was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
December 29, 2024, 11:11 am
With her son held hostage in Gaza, one mother turns to pottery to publicize his plight
Making mugs, bowls and teapots helps artist Idit Ohel keep an even keel amid the ongoing captivity of her son Alon Ohel, kidnapped from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7
By Jessica Steinberg
A potsherd discovered in Tel Lachish with an Aramaic inscription 'Year 24 of Darius.' It was announced by the IAA as the first written evidence of Persian king Darius the Great discovered in Israel, but on March 3, 2023 was declared to not be authentic. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA)
March 3, 2023, 1:13 pm
Unfounded: Ancient Darius inscription shard isn’t authentic – Antiquities Authority
Officials backtrack on claim of find linked to Purim king’s father, say fragment was created by an expert showing inscription techniques to students, accidentally left at dig site
By ToI Staff
A potsherd discovered in Tel Lachish with an Aramaic inscription 'Year 24 of Darius.' It was announced by the IAA as the first written evidence of Persian king Darius the Great discovered in Israel, but on March 3, 2023 was declared to not be authentic. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA)
March 1, 2023, 9:40 am
Hiker discovers 2,500-year-old ancient receipt from reign of Purim king’s father
Eylon Levy, international media adviser to President Isaac Herzog, finds ostracon at Tel Lachish with the first-ever reference in Israel to the name of Persian king Darius I
By Melanie Lidman
Ortal Harush (Hebrew University)
September 30, 2020, 5:55 pm
Rabbinic debate settled? Study takes measure of biblical ‘handbreadth’ unit
Comparison of 350 years of Iron Age storage jars finds that despite changing vessel shapes, the rims maintain diameter of a man’s hand — the source of the elusive ‘tefah’ measure
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank town of Hebron, June 22, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
September 16, 2020, 2:33 pm
LISTEN: Purloined pottery from Tomb of Patriarchs gets 1st scientific study
Prof. David Ben-Shlomo speaks about new ceramics study, history of Judaism’s second holiest site where Abraham buried Sarah, and findings from his recent excavations at Tel Hebron
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Climbing to a cliff cave on the Lebanon border on June 29, 2018. (Yoav Negev)
July 2, 2018, 4:58 pm
On Lebanon border, salvage op rappels 2,000-year-old vessels down sheer cliff
Why ancient settlers inhabited a cave above a 30-meter drop is unclear. But these weren’t people on vacation, says researcher
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Loa'i Ghaithe carefully applies gold trim to a specialty item. (Brett Kline/Times of Israel)
January 3, 2017, 10:29 am
From Hebron hovel to airport kiosk, on the trail of Holy Land ceramics
Tourists flock to Jerusalem and Jaffa to purchase this ornate flowery pottery — made in Palestinian workshops in the West Bank
By Brett Kline
Ceramicist and 'The Hare With Amber Eyes' author Edmund de Waal (Ben McKee)
November 22, 2016, 4:01 pm
How tiny Japanese sculptures prompted a quest into Jewish roots — and Nazi looting
On emotional first visit to Israel, Edmund de Waal, heir to the mighty Ephrussi banking dynasty wiped out by Nazis, says his bestselling ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes’ is his proactive means of restitution
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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