The genesis of moab: A proposal

Levant

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-152

  Finkelstein, Israel ^a   Lipschits, Oded ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balua; Copper; Iron Age; Jordan; Khirbet en Nahas; Mesha; Moab; Omrides; Sheshonq I; State formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055177062     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/175638011X13112549593005     Document Type: Article

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