A Burial Cave at Ḥorbat ‘Eitayim (Hebrew, pp. 65–79; English Summary, pp. 76*–78*)

Authors

• Hanaa Abu ‘Uqsa, Israel Antiquities Authority

Abstract

The site is located east of Nahariyya, in Western Galilee. The cave was hewn in chalk bedrock (qirton). The entrance to the cave, blocked by a rectangular closing stone, was accessed by a shaft; in the southern wall of the shaft a kokh was discovered. The cave consists of a central chamber with seven burial niches (kokhs) in its walls, four of which were found sealed with a rolling stone and small stones set into place around it. The finds within the cave were located in the central chamber and in the kokhim. They include a clay coffin with a sliding lid; pottery vessels typical of the Roman period; glass vessels, including bowls, plate, cups and bottles; beads; a faience pendant; gold earrings; spindle whorls; coins from the mints at ‘Akko and Tyre, dating to the second century CE; and a scarab, which was probably reused as an amulet. The anthropological finds comprised the bones of several individuals, one of which was a two-year-old, interred in the clay coffin. This cave is part of a larger cemetery that was excavated at the site in the past.

Keywords

cemetery, burial goods, numismatics

Recommended Citation

Abu ‘Uqsa, H. 2007. A Burial Cave at Ḥorbat ‘Eitayim (Hebrew, pp. 65–79; English Summary, pp. 76*–78*). 'Atiqot 56.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1359

Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol56/iss1/9