English summary: This volume deals with the so-called Tell el-Yahudiyeh
ware - black vessels with incised decoration - that is found throughout
the Eastern Mediterranean regions. This type of pottery dates to the
Middle bronze Age. This volume is part of the Tell el-Dabca excavation
series, but it is more than a mere catalogue of the el-Dabca finds. The
monograph opens with a review of previous research into this type of
pottery. The last major reference work to deal with the topic appeared
more than thirty years ago. Naturally, in the intervening three decades
many more vessels of this type have come to light, including nearly 700
from the el-Dabca site alone. The second section of the book is devoted
to a typological discussion of all Tell el-Yahudiyeh vessels known to
the authors. These are arranged both chronologically and geographically,
starting from their origins in the Levant and continuing to their
widespread use throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. This is the first
time that a chronological overview has been attempted. It has shown that
there are several development threads, including Early Palestinian,
Levanto-Egyptian, Late Palestinian and Late Egyptian groups. Each type
of vessel is described in detail and accompanied by a map showing where
examples have been found. The third and most important section comprises
an in-depth catalogue of all 699 vessels that have been found at Tell
el-Dabca. The stratigraphic context of these vessels is well documented,
which helps not only to date the various types of Tell el-Yahudiyeh
vessels, but also allows close correlations to be drawn between all
sites where such vessels have been found. Indeed, the fine stratigraphy
of Tell el-Dabca, which has been verified at a number of sites in the
Eastern Mediterranean, allows Tell el-Yahudiyeh ware to be used as fine
datum lines for establishing the relative chronology of the sites where
it is found. A conclusion is followed by three chapters providing
details about the Tell el-Yahudiyeh vessels that have been found at
Ashkelon, Beth Shan and Tell 'Arqa. These three contributions, by L.
Stager and R. Voss, A. Meier and R. Mullins, and H. Charaf and M. Ownby
respectively, compare northern vessels to those from Tell el-Dabca.
While this volume will be of particular interest to specialists in
Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern ceramics, the ability to closely date
this ware also means that the volume will also be of use to
archaeologists working in Egypt, the Near East, Cyprus and the Aegean,
as well as anyone attempting to provide datum lines between different
sites in these areas.German description: Dieser Band beschaftigt sich
mit der so genannten Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware - schwarze Gefasse mit
eingeritzter Dekoration, die wahrend der Mittelbronzezeit im ganzen
ostlichen Mittelmeerraum verbreitet war. Im Wesentlichen handelt es sich
zwar um einen Band der Tell el-Dabca Grabungsreihe, er bietet aber viel
mehr als nur ein Verzeichnis der in Tell el-Dabca getatigten Funde
dieser Warengruppe. Der Band beginnt mit einer Ubersicht uber die
bisherigen Forschungen im Bereich dieser Keramikgruppe, wobei
ersichtlich wird, dass das letzte massgeblich mit dieser Thematik
befasste Nachschlagewerk vor mehr als dreissig Jahren erschienen ist.
Selbstverstandlich sind in den dazwischen liegenden drei Jahrzehnten
noch viele derartige Gefasse gefunden worden, unter anderem auch fast
700 Stuck in el-Dabca. Der zweite Buchabschnitt beschaftigt sich mit
einer typologischen Erorterung aller den Verfassern bekannten Tell
el-Yahudiyeh Gefassen. Diese sind sowohl chronologisch als auch
geographisch, von ihrem jeweiligen Ursprung in der Levante bis zu ihrer
Verbreitung durch den ganzen ostlichen Mittelmeerraum, geordnet
