Lachish ewer
The Lachish ewer is a Late Bronze Age Canaanite jug discovered at archaeological excavations at Tell el-Duweir, identified as the site of the important ancient city of Lachish, dating from the late 13th century BC. It was discovered by the British Starkey-Tuffnell expedition, which led the first excavation of the Lachish site between 1932 and 1939. == Discovery == The ewer was discovered in 1933 or 1934 in the Fosse Temple III at Level VII, the earliest archaeological layer at the site corresponding to the Late Bronze Age in the region.