Stratum Archaeological Period Date Comments
10 Iron Age II second half of 7th century B.C.E. to 586 B.C.E. Babylonia destroys Jerusalem, 586 B.C.E.
11 Iron Age II 7th century B.C.E. calm following the Assyrian invasion
12 Iron Age II 8th century B.C.E. building boom of King Hezekiah
13 Iron Age II 9th century B.C.E. capital of Judah
14 Iron Age II 10th century B.C.E. capital of United Monarchy
15 Iron Age I 12th-11th century B.C.E. Stepped-Stone Structure
16 Late Bronze II 14th-13th century B.C.E. era of Amarna Letters (14th century B.C.E)
17 Middle Bronze Age IIB 18th century B.C.E. first city wall built