{"id":101,"date":"2017-02-01T21:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T21:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multi.madabaplains.org\/hisban\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2017-02-18T03:18:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T03:18:14","slug":"hesban-in-global-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/excavations\/hesban-in-global-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Hesban in Global History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Hesban in Global History<\/h1>\n<table class=\"cke_show_border\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 150px;\"><strong><u>Polity and<br \/>\nDates<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 150px;\"><strong><u>Epicenter<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 150px;\"><strong><u>Written Sources<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 150px;\"><strong><u>Archaeological Sources<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 150px;\"><strong><u>Hesban Architectural and Ceramic Evidence<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 150px;\"><strong><u>Hesban Iconographic and Epigraphic Evidence<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><u>Relevant Hesban Strata and other Evidence<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 150px;\">\n<p>Egyptian<\/p>\n<p>Late Bronze to Iron I-IIA (ca. 1500-900 BC)<\/td>\n<td>Thebes\/<br \/>\nRameses\/<br \/>\nTanis<\/td>\n<td>Amun Temple at Karnak; Hasel 1998); Kitchen (1982; 1992); Redford (1982a; 1982b)<\/td>\n<td>Tale of Sinuhe<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: None<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: None<\/td>\n<td>Scarabs, Bes and Horus amulets found in late contexts<\/td>\n<td>Strata 21-18\u00a0(possible periods of Egyptian presence during the 18th, 19th and 22nd dynasties)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Amorite<\/p>\n<p>Late Bronze Age<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Heshbon\/<\/p>\n<p>Madaba Plains<\/td>\n<td>Num 20:14-21: 30; 33:37-49; Dt 1-3, 29; Luke (1983); Jahn (2007)<\/td>\n<td>Unidentifiable<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: None<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Hittite<\/p>\n<p>Late Bronze Age<\/td>\n<td>Hattusas<\/td>\n<td>Num 13:29; Josh 1:4; 11:3<\/td>\n<td>Bones of Indo-Europeans at the Amman Airport Structure; see Herr (1983)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: None<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: None<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Canaanite<\/p>\n<p>(Israelite)<\/p>\n<p>Iron Age I-IIB<\/td>\n<td>Jerusalem\/ Shechem\/<br \/>\nTirzah\/<br \/>\nSamaria<\/td>\n<td>Num 32:37; 2 Sam. 8:2-12; 1 Chr 18:2-11; 2 Sam. 10:1-19; 1 Chr 19:1-19; 2 Chr 14:25; Mesha Stele<\/td>\n<td>Omride sites north of Arnon Gorge; Finkelstein (2000); Finkelstein and Lipschits \u00a0(2010)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Reservoir, Segments of Walls, Podium?<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Storage Jars and Iron II successors; see Herr (1999b)<\/td>\n<td>Female Plaque<\/td>\n<td>Strata 21-17 (intermittent)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Moabite<\/p>\n<p>Iron Age IIB-C<\/td>\n<td>Kir Hareseth\/ Dibon<\/td>\n<td>Mesha Stele; 2 Kgs 1:1; 3:4-5; 13:20 \u00a0Is 15:4; 16:8-9; Jer 48; Ray (2003)<\/td>\n<td>Dibon, Balu\u2018a, Khirbet el-Medeineh(s), al-Kerak, Madaba, Jalul<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Podium? Replastered reservoir<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Moabite \u00a0ceramic forms<\/td>\n<td>Possible Moabite figurine<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Aram-Damascus<\/p>\n<p>Iron Age IIB<\/td>\n<td>Damascus<\/td>\n<td>2 Kgs 10:32-33<\/td>\n<td>Tall al- Rumaith<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0N\/A<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Neo-Assyrian<\/p>\n<p>Iron Age IIB-C; ca. 733-625 BC<\/td>\n<td>Nimrud, Khorsabad, Nineveh<\/td>\n<td>ANET: 282; Bennett (1978; 1982); Bienkowski (2000); Daviau (1997; 2001); Oded (1970); Salje (2009); Weippert (1987)<\/td>\n<td>Assyrian influenced building plans at various sites<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence:\u00a0N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: \u00a0Assyrian influenced local ware, figurines<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>Strata 16-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Ammonite<\/p>\n<p>Iron Age IIB-C<\/td>\n<td>Rabbath-Ammon<\/td>\n<td>Jer 49:1-6; Herr (1999a); Younker (1994; 1999; 2003)<\/td>\n<td>Amman Citadel, Tall al-\u2018Umayri, Tall Jawa<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Podium?<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Ammonite ware and forms; Herr (2006)<\/td>\n<td>Ammonite Ostraca and Graffito; Horse and Rider figurines<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Neo-Babylonian<\/p>\n<p>Iron Age III-Babylonian; ca. 604-540 BC<\/td>\n<td>Babylon<\/td>\n<td>Josephus Ant. 10.9.7; Weippert (1987)<\/td>\n<td>Nabonidas Relief at Sela\u2019; Herr (1995)<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Persian<\/p>\n<p>Iron Age III-Persian; 539-333 BC<\/td>\n<td>Persepolis, Susa with Amman as the provincial capital<\/td>\n<td>Neh 2:7-19; Ezra 4:10-20; 8:36; Bienkowski (2001; 2008); Ray (2006); Weippert (1987)<\/td>\n<td>See sites discussed in Ray (2006)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence:\u00a0N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: Fish sauce plates<\/td>\n<td>Aramaic Ostraca<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Ptolemaic\/ Seleucid<\/p>\n<p>Hellenistic; 332-164 BC<\/td>\n<td>Alexandria, Antioch<\/td>\n<td>Josephus Ant. 13.15.4<\/td>\n<td>\u2018Araq al-Amir, Amman<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Acropolis Fortress or Podium, Houses, silos<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: N\/A<\/td>\n<td>Ostracon, Rhodian Jar Date Stamp<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 15 Seleucid and Ptolemaic coins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Hasmonean<\/p>\n<p>Hellenistic; 129-63 BC<\/td>\n<td>Jerusalem<\/td>\n<td>Josephus Ant.13.9.1, 13.15.5 1 Macc 5:26, 36<\/td>\n<td>Machaerus<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hasmonean coins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Nabataean<\/p>\n<p>ca. 4 BC-AD 106<\/td>\n<td>Petra<\/td>\n<td>Is 11:14; Ezek 25:9<\/td>\n<td>Petra city and Necropolis<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0N\/A<\/td>\n<td>Safaitic burial inscription<\/td>\n<td>Nabataean coins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Roman<\/p>\n<p>Roman; 63 BC-AD 330<\/td>\n<td>Rome<\/td>\n<td>Pliny Natural Hist, Josephus Ant. 13.15.4; 15.8.5<\/td>\n<td>Extremely rich architectural remains e.g.: the Decapolis cities and forts<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Temple, Inn with court-yard, Rolling Stone Tomb<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Abundant ceramic evidence, \u00a0with Terra sigillata ware<\/td>\n<td>Latin Seal Impression Esbus Coins; Roman Mile stones; stamped Terra sigillatas<\/td>\n<td>Strata 11-14<br \/>\nRoman coins<br \/>\nIntaglio depicting Zeus Triad<br \/>\nFenestrated Bowl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Byzantine<\/p>\n<p>Byzantine; AD 330-664<\/td>\n<td>Constantinople<\/td>\n<td>Scriptorum ecclesiasticorum, epistola of Pope Martin, Eusebius, Onomasticon<\/td>\n<td>Rich remains: churches and mosaics at Madaba, Um- al Rasas, Amman, Jerash<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Basilica-churches, reservoir, mosaics, farm houses at base of tell, cisterns<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Abundant ceramic evidence<\/td>\n<td>Madaba Mosaic Map, Church entablature with Greek inscription, Ostracon<\/td>\n<td>Strata 7-11<br \/>\nByzantine coins, Bronze Crosses<br \/>\nPrometheus bone carving<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Umayyad<\/p>\n<p>Early Islamic I; AD 661-750<\/td>\n<td>Damascus<\/td>\n<td>Al-Tabari<\/td>\n<td>Desert \u201cforts\u201d, Amman<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Area N House, oven<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0\u201cPalace Ware\u201d<\/td>\n<td>Mosaics at Umm al-Rasas and Ma&#8217;in, a possible Kufic inscription, Ostracon<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 6, coins, zoomorphic spout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\u2018Abbasid<\/p>\n<p>Early Islamic II; ca. AD 750-1000<\/td>\n<td>Baghdad<\/td>\n<td>Yaqut; Grabar (1964); Whitcomb (2000)<\/td>\n<td>Humayma<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Area N House<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Red-painted and red clay cups and bowls and glazed ware<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 5A, coin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Fatimid<\/p>\n<p>Middle Islamic I; ca. AD 970-1200<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Mahdia\/<\/p>\n<p>Cairo<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a0Arch. Evidence: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Continuity of some forms<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 5B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Seljuk<\/p>\n<p>ca. AD 1071-1100<\/td>\n<td>Isfahan<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0N\/A<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 5B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Crusader<\/p>\n<p>Crusader;<br \/>\nAD 1099-1187<\/td>\n<td>Jerusalem<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>al Kerak, Oultrejourdain<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: \u00a0Cookpots and glazed imports<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 5B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Ayyubid<\/p>\n<p>Middle Islamic IIA; AD 1187-1260<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Cairo\/<\/p>\n<p>Damascus<\/td>\n<td>Ibn Shaddad: campsite for Saladin<\/td>\n<td>\u2018Ajlun Castle<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0N\/A<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 4, coins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Early Mamluk<\/p>\n<p>Middle Islamic IIB; AD 1260-1400<\/td>\n<td>Cairo\/<br \/>\nDamascus<\/td>\n<td>Ab\u016b al-Fid\u0101\u2019<br \/>\nIbn Hijji; see also Walker (2001a; 2003; 2004; 2007; 2008; 2011) for entire period<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Vaulted building complex: residence and garrison of Balqa governor, medieval village at base of tell<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Sugar pots; elephant ear handled cookpots; HMGP ware<\/td>\n<td>Inscribed bronze bowl<\/td>\n<td>Stratum 3A-B, coin hoard, bird figurine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Late Mamluk<\/p>\n<p>Late Islamic I; ca. AD 1400-1500<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Cairo\/<\/p>\n<p>Damascus<\/td>\n<td>Ibn Qadi Shuhba al-Qalqashandi and Al-Z\u0101hir\u012b<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Gradual abatement of village<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Glazed and painted ware<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 2, coins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Ottoman<\/p>\n<p>Late Islamic II-Modern;<br \/>\nAD 1517-1917<\/td>\n<td>Istanbul\/<br \/>\nDamascus<\/td>\n<td>\u2018Ajarma, \u2018Adw\u0101n and Beni Sakhr tribes and Ottoman tax registers (&#8220;defters&#8221;)<\/td>\n<td>al-Salt, forts,<br \/>\nHejaz Railway and stations<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Village at base of tell, foundation of Nabulsi qasr; cemetery (see Walker 2001b)<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:\u00a0Coarse wares; Walker (2009)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 1, clay pipes, \u00a0inscribed rings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>British Mandate<\/p>\n<p>AD 1917-1946<\/td>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<td>British Mandate land registers<\/td>\n<td>Tegart Forts<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Nabulsi stables<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: N\/A<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Hashemite<\/p>\n<p>1921-present<\/td>\n<td>Ma\u2019an, Amman<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Arch. Evidence: Municipality development, post office, schools<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence: N\/A<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Stratum 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Key<\/h2>\n<table class=\"cke_show_border\" style=\"height: 711px;\" border=\"2\" width=\"750\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\">\n<p>Column 1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\">\n<p>Polity:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dates:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<p>Title or name of empire or power that either controlled or exerted influence over Hesban and the surrounding region<\/p>\n<p>Approximate dates of polity\u2019s presence in the Levant, particularly in Trans-Jordan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Column\u00a02<\/td>\n<td>Epicenter:<\/td>\n<td>Seat of power; the capital city or cities of polity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Column\u00a03<\/td>\n<td>Written Sources<\/td>\n<td>Relevant historical and epigraphic sources to polity\u2019s control or influence over Hesban and the surrounding region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Column\u00a04<\/td>\n<td>Archaeological Sources<\/td>\n<td>Archaeological evidence of polity\u2019s regional presence (attested sites in Trans-Jordan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Column\u00a05<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Architectural Evidence:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic Evidence:<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Archaeological remains relating to or contemporary with polity from Hisban or vicinity<\/p>\n<p>Relevant ceramic evidence from Hisban or vicinity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Column\u00a06<\/td>\n<td>Iconographic Evidence<\/td>\n<td>Relevant iconographic and epigraphic evidence from Hisban or vicinity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Column\u00a07<\/td>\n<td>Other Evidence<\/td>\n<td>Relevant small finds from Hisban or vicinity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h3>Bennett, Crystal- M.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-1\">1978<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-11\">Some Reflections on Neo-Assyrian Influence in Transjordan. \u00a0Pp. 164-71 in\u00a0<em>Archaeology in the Levant: \u00a0Essays for Kathleen Kenyon<\/em>, eds. 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