Treasure of Israel

The hoard of copper artifacts includes implements of many forms and with a variety of decorations:.

There are also several maceheads made of haenatite. Many are decorated with engraved lines, herringbone pattern, or globular or flat protrusions; some are decorated with images of animals such as ibex, deer, squab, wild goat and birds. The walls are concave, decorated with herringbone and spiral patterns. On top of the crowns protrude architectural motifs gates , animals and birds, a human face and prominent horns. Other bronze implements in the hoard include small baskets with high, arc-shaped handles and horns. Among the finds are several unique objects made of hippopotamus ivory.

Shaped like a scythe, they are cm. They are flat and have rows of drilled holes each. At the center is a large hole with a ridge around it. They may have been carried on cultic standards of wooden poles, inserted into the central hole.

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The quantity of dwelling remains and the nature of the finds apart from the objects of the hoard attest to the cave's occupation over an extended period of time. Caves were frequently inhabited in the Chalcolithic period, but the researchers concluded that these cave dwellers were not refugees in a temporary hiding place.

The caves in the region seem to have been inhabited mainly in the spring grazing season; on the plateau above the cave an enclosure was found, measuring 37 x 27 m. One view is that this was a cultic center, but more probably it was a pen for livestock.

The forms of the artifacts in the hoard and the variety of artistic motifs indicate that these were cultic objects. Some of the decorations attest to a fertility cult. They also provide rich evidence of the artistic abilities of the population of this region in the Chalcolithic period. Their cultic rituals undoubtedly included prayers to the gods for success in hunting, in grazing their flocks and in agriculture, as well as for protection from enemies. The great quantity and variety of finds could be indicative of an organized socio-political and religious hierarchy and of the nature of the rituals performed in a temple of the region.

There is also evidence of a large number of participants in religious rituals and festivals. The copper objects of the hoard weigh many tens of kilograms, the value of which was obviously enormous at the time, since use of copper had only just begun in the Chalcholithic period, and its production was a long and expensive process.

Anthropological study of the skeletons found in the cave show that the population was not of local origin; the technological attributes and decorations of the artifacts may have their origin in Mesopotamia. It is not clear why the hoard was deposited in this cave. The vessels were probably used in a central regional temple, possibly in the Chalcolithic temple discovered on a terrace above Ein Gedi, which was found completely empty see Archeological Sites in Israel No. It has been proposed that the priests of that temple, or the inhabitants of the region, assembled the temple's cultic objects at a time of approaching danger and hid them in the cave for safekeeping.

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