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Original Articles

Tracking Down Cult: Production, Function and Content of Chalices in Iron Age Philistia

Yuval GadotTel Aviv University
,
Israel FinkelsteinTel Aviv University
,
Mark IserlisTel Aviv University
,
Aren M. MaeirBar Ilan University
,
Pirhiya NahshoniIsrael Antiquities Authority
&
Dvory NamdarHebrew University
Pages 55-76 | Published online: 22 May 2014

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