Three 7th cent. BC hoards of silver jewelry from Tel Miqne-Ekron (2 unread finger rings: one showing 9 glyphs, the other 2: frontal part of crouching lion and sun disk reminiscent of signs used by 26th dyn. Psamtek [conv. 664-610, rev. 445 BC] on scarabs). They were found in building complex Field IV which is dated to the 7th cent BC based on a pendant medallion. About the pendant medallion we read: "The incised depiction on this pendant is a crude version of a well known Neo-Assyrian cultic scene, all known examples which are dated to the 7th cent. BC. The crude rendition may be the product of a local craftsman familiar with the motif yet far removed from the original source. 4th cent. examples of this pendant form from the Phoenician necropolis of Atlit indicate that this pendant type was also in use during the Persian period." Amir Golani & Benjamin Sass, Three 7th century hoards of silver jewelry from Tel Miqne in BASOR, No. 311, Aug 1998, p. 72.
This item (Obj #3715.01) seems to support somewhat our late date for Psamtek I.
Sources: C.M. Kraay & P.R.S. Moorey, Two 5th cent. hoards from the Near East in Numismatic Revue Vol. 10: p. 181-235.;
F. von Luschan, Die Kleinfunde von Sendschirli, ed. W. Andrea. Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli 5. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1943;
H.J. Kellner, Personal Adornments, pp. 162-170 in Urartu, Israel Museum Catalogue 324, Jerusalem: Israel Museum., 1991;
C.N. Johns, Excavations at Atlit (1930-31): The SE cemetery in Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine No. 2, 1933, p. 41-104.
BASOR Aug 1998, p. 57-81, References section. (selected pages on file)
