The Neo-Assyrian Palatial Compound in Area C and the Well P.5347

This volume reports on the finds from a single well, sealed at the end of the 8th century BC. The types and quality of the assemblages that were discarded help us to reconstruct the furnishings of the Iron III palatial compound, which was found almost devoid of mobile finds. They include administrative tools, such as tokens, weights, seals and sealings; pottery; stone vessels; metal tools and containers; an iron cuirass; and other objects of daily use, such as tools, astragals, and terracotta figurines. In addition, important textual sources from the well are edited here. Finally, bioarchaeological analysis, which informs us about the dietary habits of the elite occupants of the area, complete the picture of this remarkable find.