Giv‘at Oger

During April–June 2012, an excavation was conducted at Giv‘at Oger to the northeast of Be’er Sheva‘ (Permit No. A-6414; map ref. 189371–469/582468–534; Fig. 1). The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Ministry of Construction and Housing, was directed by O. Shmueli, with the assistance of Y. Alamor (administration), V. Lifshits and A. Filin (area supervision), V. Carmel and V. Lifshits (probe trenches), S. Alchazov (drafting), M. Kunin, A. Hajian, N. Zak and I. Azoulay (surveying, drafting and plans), A. Peretz and Y. Yolovitch (field photography), Sky View Company (aerial photography), S. Ganor (metal detection), O. Ackermann (geomorphology), A. Shapiro (petrographic analysis), A. Moshe and A. Keinan (safety officer), D. Varga (scientific guidance), P. Fabian and E.J. Stern (pottery), N. Katznelson (glass), L. Kupershmidt (metallurgical laboratory), R. Kool (numismatics), E. Ayalon (agricultural tools and stone artifacts), Y. Nagar (physical anthropology), N. Agha (archaeozoology), N. Amitai-Preiss (epigraphy), R. Avner (mosaics), Y. Israel, F. Sonntag, S. Gal, A. Shahar, G. Nagar, A. Hamo, O. Harari, A. Levy, Y. Mor-Yosef and R. Frankel.