The Stratigraphy and the Pottery of Phase M at Deir ^cAlla and the Date of the Plaster Texts

Abstract

The article deals with the Iron Age II pottery from Tell Deir ^cAlla phase M excavated in 1967. After a short description of the architectural plan excavated in that season a technological description of the pottery is given. The analysis is written as a continuation of H. J. Franken's work on the Tell Deir ^cAlla Iron Age I material. An appendix aims to date the pottery found in a large pit at Tell Deir ^cAlla in 1960.