Global InformationTell Qudadi information
Hebrew: תל כודאדי | |
 Tell Qudadi on the foreground, (the British memorial can be seen in the middle of the mound) and the Reading Power Station in the background | |
  Tell Qudadi Shown within Israel | |
| Alternative name | Tell esh-Shuna |
|---|---|
| Location |  Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Region | Yarkon River basin, Israeli Coastal Plain |
| Coordinates | 32°06′12″N 34°46′37″E / 32.1033°N 34.777°E |
| Type | Fortress |
| History | |
| Cultures | Neo-Assyrian Empire |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1937, 1938, 1941, 1966 |
| Archaeologists | Eleazar Sukenik, Shmuel Yeivin |
Tell Qudadi (Hebrew: תל כודאדי), also known as Tell esh-Shuna (Hebrew: תל א-שונה) is an ancient site located near the mouth of the Yarkon River and the Reading Power Station in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] It was discovered in 1934 by Jacob Ory and was excavated first by P. L. O. Guy in 1937 and then by Eleazar Sukenik, Shmuel Yeivin and Nahman Avigad in 1937-1938.[1] They discovered a fortress dated to the Iron Age and believed that it was an Israelite fortress built in the 10th or 9th centuries BCE and destroyed by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 8th century BCE.
However, the archaeologists Oren Tal and Alexander Fantalkin have reviewed the preliminary reports of the excavation and its finds and have concluded that the site was actually constructed in the 8th century during the time of the Assyrian rule and was abandoned ahead of the empire's withdrawal of the country during the late 7th century BCE.[1]
Besides the fortress, pottery from the Early Bronze Age, Persian, Byzantine and Early Arab periods was found in the site. Among the pottery found was a Greek jar from the island of Lesbos which is the earliest of its kind in the whole Mediterranean coast.[2]
A preservation project was carried out in 2007 by the Israel Antiquities Authority,[2] and the site can now be seen during a walk on the Tel Aviv Promenade.[1]
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haaretzwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Tell Qudadi (Tell a-Shuni) - initial preservation". Conservation Department - Heritage Conservation in Israel (in Hebrew).