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The Kibbutz Sasa Kernos

A picture of the kernos found at Kibbutz Sasa and briefly described in our December, 1975 issue (“Two Cases of Discrimination,” BAR 01:04) has now been released to The Biblical Archaeology Review by the Israel Antiquities Department. A kernos (plural: kernoi) is a hollow pottery ring usually about 12 inches in diameter with various hollow pottery objects sitting on the ring and attached to it. The Kibbutz Sasa kernos originally had six objects perched on the ring, of which four survive. Although other kernoi—or, more accurately, pieces of kernoi—have been found at Gezer, Ashdod, Beth Shean and elsewhere, the […]

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The Philistines and Their Material Culture (Revised Edition), Harvard University Press. We are grateful to Prof. Dothan for making this material available to The Biblical Archaeology Review in advance of publication.