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SeJin Koh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology
Director of Archaeology Projects
Jerusalem University College
P.O.Box 1276, Mount Zion
Jerusalem 91012, Israel
e-mail: skoh@vms.huji.ac.il
phone: 972-2-671-8628 (o); fax: 972-2-673-2717 (o)
E-mai:sKoh@vms.hujil.ac.il