In August 2013-April 2014, an excavation accompanied by conservation work, was conducted in the Tel Lakhish gate plaza (Permit Nos. A-6896, A-7073; map ref. 185586/608110; Fig. 1). The excavation, on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the Prime Minister's Office Heritage Program and Tel Aviv University, was conducted by S. Ganor (field photography), with the assistance of R. Shoaf (architect), F. Abu Ta'a and his team (conservation), A. Hajian and M. Kunin (surveying and drafting), Sky View and CopterPIX (aerial photography), and Y. Israel, S. Gal, S. Lender and D. Varga. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:David;}