Ashqelon, el-Jura

In November-December 2012, a salvage excavation was conducted within the bounds of the el-Jura site, at the corner of Eli Cohen Street and Ben-Gurion Boulevard in Ashqelon (Permit No. A-6624; map ref. 158234-467/619344-491; Fig. 1), prior to the construction of the city hall and residential buildings. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and financed by the Ashqelon Economic Corporation, was directed by I.M. Peretz (photography), with the assistance of Y. Al-Amor (administration), D. Eisenberg-Degen (area supervision and photography), S. Talis (area supervision and computing), D. Yegorov (area supervision and photography), Y. Huster (assistance in area supervision), L. Weinblum (computing), M. Kunin and A. Hajian (surveying), E. Belashov (drafting), Y. Nagar and V. Eshed (physical anthropology), S. Ganor (metal detection), T. Gonen (pottery restoration), I. Lidsky-Reznikov (pottery drawing), A. German-Levanon (digital pottery drawings), C. Hersch (glass drawing), Y. Yolowitz and C. Amit (studio photography), V. Nosikovsky and L. Kupershmidt (metallurgical laboratory), A. Ganor (glass restoration), G. Bijovsky (numismatics), T. Winter (glass), D. Langgut (botany), N. Sukenik (textiles), P. Figueras (Greek inscription), A. Peretz (field photography and weapons) and the Sky View Company (aerial photography).