摘要：This paper presents the results of the 2016–2017 excavations of Field G at Khirbat Ataruz, an area corresponding to the southeast slope of the site that includes a large-scale stepped stone structure. According to our preliminary assessment, the remains would have been stairs ascending the eastern side of the site, which provided an access system to the Iron IIA temple on the acropolis. At the top of the steps, we have what may at some point have been a plaza paved with flat paving stones, possibly contemporaneous with the temple on the acropolis. Field G also includes Moabite architectural remains dated later than the stepped structure, most likely Iron IIB. These remains cut significantly into and removed a large part of the earlier staircase and other materials in the building area. The presence of a possible outdoor monumental staircase at Ataruz is noteworthy, especially for the region and period in which it was constructed.
