Ostrakon Mesad Hashavyahu: Perbedaan antara revisi

Both [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] pottery and Judahite ostraca were found (see below). Some scholars believe the site had been used by Greek mercenaries. They might have been serving under Judean command in Josiah's battles against the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] army, as [[Yohanan Aharoni]] supposed. But both Greek and Judahite mercenaries served in the Egyptian army at the time of the late monarchic period. According to [[Israel Finkelstein]], "it is therefore quite reasonable that the unit stationed in the Egyptian fort of Messad Hashavyahu included Judahite mercenaries", and Egyptian control was more likely than Judean: "there can be little doubt that Egypt, which expanded in the late 7th century [BCE] along the coast of the Levant, was strong enough to prevent Josiah from building an isolated fort in the middle of an area in which Egypt had strong strategic interests".<ref name="FinkelsteinSilberman2002">{{cite book|author1=Israel Finkelstein|author2=Neil Asher Silberman|title=[[The Bible Unearthed|The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Isreal and the Origin of Sacred Texts]] |date=2002 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-2338-6}}: [http://books.google.com/books?id=lu6ywyJr0CMC&pg=PA350 p.350–351]</ref> One of the significant issues dependent on this debate is whether or not the [[Kingdom of Judah]] under [[Josiah]] had access to a sea port. The fact that the fort was south-facing may imply that it was built for the protection of [[Yavne]] and the surrounding agricultural lands including the seaport area of [[Yavne-Yam]], against aggressors from the south, either Philistine or Egyptian.

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Daerah ini diekskavasi oleh Joseph Naveh pada tahun 1960.<ref name="phoenixdatasystems">[http://www.phoenixdatasystems.com/goliath/c7/c7d.htm The Philistines from Hezekiah to Josiah]</ref><ref>Naveh, J. "A Hebrew Letter from the Seventh Century B.C.," in ''Israel Exploration Journal, Vol 10, Nr 3, 1960, 129-139''</ref><ref name="kchanson">K.C. Hanson, [http://www.kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/westsem/yavneh.html The Yavneh-Yam Ostracon]</ref>