File:The southern stables, they had five units and could accommodate 150 horses, 9th or 8th century BC, Tel Meggido, Israel (25873332301).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionThe southern stables, they had five units and could accommodate 150 horses, 9th or 8th century BC, Tel Meggido, Israel (25873332301).jpg |
At Megiddo two stable complexes were excavated from Stratum IVA, one in the north and one in the south. The southern complex contained five structures built around a lime paved courtyard. The buildings themselves were divided into three sections. Two long stone paved aisles were built adjacent to a main corridor paved with lime. The buildings were about twenty-one meters long by eleven meters wide. Separating the main corridor from outside aisles was a series of stone pillars. Holes were bored into many of these pillars so that horses could be tied to them. Also, the remains of stone mangers were found in the buildings. These mangers were placed between the pillars to feed the horses. It is suggested that each side could hold fifteen horses, giving each building an overall capacity of thirty horses. The buildings on the northern side of the city were similar in their construction. However, there was no central courtyard. The capacity of the northern buildings was about three hundred horses altogether. Both complexes could hold from 450–480 horses combined. The buildings were found during excavations between 1927 and 1934. The head excavator originally interpreted the buildings as stables. Since then his conclusions have been challenged by James Pritchard, Dr Adrian Curtis of Manchester University Ze'ev Herzog, and Yohanan Aharoni, who suggest they were storehouses, marketplaces or barracks. |
Date | 21 October 2014, 11:38 (according to Exif data) |
Source | The southern stables, they had five units and could accommodate 150 horses, 9th or 8th century BC, Tel Meggido, Israel |
Author | Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany |
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F-number | f/10 |
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Date and time of data generation | 11:38, 21 October 2014 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 11:38, 21 October 2014 |
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