To Ben-Tor, however, the true coveted find would be archives buried somewhere on Tel Hazor that could serve as an inventory to the ancient city's content.What are these "archives"? Are they government accounting ledgers? Or is he talking about libraries? Or what?"I know there are two archives," he said. "We already have 18 documents from two periods, the 17th and 14th century BC. If I found those archives, people would come running here."
It sounds like the archives from the 17th and 14th centuries BC are known about but are not yet found.
Sounds like vaults/libraries containing records. If they were to find those, it could expedite the discovery of other items possibly still on-site.