Friday 24 March at 18:30, Archaeology centre
Abigail Zammit, who has just completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford, will be speaking about the so-called ‘Lachish Letters,’ a group of twenty-one ostraca (inscribed pottery sherds) dating to the final decades prior to the Neo-Babylonian attack on Judah in 588/6 BCE. The ostraca were discovered in 1935 and 1938, during the British Mandate Period excavations of Tell ed-Duweir (ancient Lachish).
In this lecture, Abigail will give an overview on the ‘Letters’ and their archaeological and historical significance based on the results achieved in her doctoral dissertation, in which she produced an updated edition of the ostraca and revisited outstanding, controversial issues.
