Jamaan at the pass of Bi’rein: an Iron Age IIB-C Ammonite stronghold in central Jordan
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Keywords

Ammon
fortress
Iron Age IIB-C
statuary
Neo-Assyrian

How to Cite

Nigro, L., & Gharib, R. (2023). Jamaan at the pass of Bi’rein: an Iron Age IIB-C Ammonite stronghold in central Jordan. VICINO ORIENTE, (XX). Retrieved from http://www.vicino-oriente-journal.it/index.php/vicino-oriente/article/view/213

Abstract

In years 2015-2016 the Zarqa Directorate of the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan carried out a rescue excavation at the site of Jamaan, an Iron Age IIB-C
Ammonite stronghold 16 Km north of ‘Amman. The site survey and limited soundings allow to plot a
plan of the structure, comprising an outer enclosure with a casemate wall, two cisterns, and a square
podium tower, and to collect ceramic material dating from Iron Age IIB-C (c. 840-580 BC), as well
as the head of a soft limestone statue, possibly depicting a local chief or an official. The latter adds to
the relatively conspicuous number of statues from the Kingdom of Ammon, possibly illustrating the
production of a non-royal commission.

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