Abstract
The burial cave, hewn in limestone, comprises a central chamber, a rectangular standing pit and three benches. Five individuals were interred in the cave, accompanied by pottery vessels, glass vessels and bronze objects. Based on the pottery finds, the cave was dated to the first–second centuries CE. The double-arcosolia tombs (T1–3) were quarried in bedrock above and north of the cave, forming part of a larger cemetery, which was exposed to the east. Based on the glass vessels from T2, the tombs should probably be dated to the Late Roman–Byzantine periods. The finds within T2 also included 20 decorated bone objects, identified as hairpins, dated to the fourth–beginning of the fifth centuries CE.
Keywords
cemetery, burial goods, bone industry, numismatics
Recommended Citation
Haddad, Elie
(2007)
"A Burial Cave from the First–Second Centuries CE and Double-Arcosolia Tombs from the Fourth–Fifth Centuries CE on the Fringes of Ḥorbat Zikhrin (Hebrew, pp. 45–57; English Summary, pp. 74*–75*),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 56, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1357
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https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol56/iss1/7
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