This is a response to a recent article by Regev, Szanton, Uziel, and Boaretto (2017), in which they suggested a new dating for the Gihon Spring Tower in Jerusalem—a dating they based on radiocarbon dates for samples extracted from under the outer side of its northeastern corner. The author maintains the original Middle Bronze Age dating of the tower, citing three arguments: 1) the samples taken for radiocarbon dating could have been embedded during flood events in the Kidron Valley; 2) the spot from which the samples were taken could have been an Iron Age renovation of the old Middle Bronze fortification; 3) the cyclopean construction of the tower resembles other Middle Bronze fortifications (e.g., at Gezer, Hebron and Shechem) and differs considerably from the Iron II fortifications in Judah in general and in Jerusalem in particular.

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耶路撒冷基训泉塔的日期

这是对 Regev、Szanton、Uziel 和 Boaretto（2017 年）最近发表的一篇文章的回应，他们在文章中建议对耶路撒冷的基训泉塔进行新的测年——他们根据从外部下方提取的样品的放射性碳测年确定了测年其东北角的一侧。作者维持该塔的原始中世纪青铜器年代测年，引用了三个论点：1）放射性碳测年的样本可能是在汲沦谷洪水事件期间嵌入的；2) 采集样本的地点可能是旧青铜时代防御工事的铁器时代改造；3) 这座塔的独眼结构类似于其他青铜时代的防御工事（例如，在基色、希伯伦和示剑），与一般犹大，特别是耶路撒冷的铁二防御工事大不相同。