Abstract
The excavation at Moshav Elqosh revealed a burial cave featuring vaulted chambers with burial troughs. Finds in the cave included pottery oil lamps, glass vessels, coins and jewelry items—all dating to the fourth century CE. One coin was found wrapped in linen cloth. The coin finds probably reflect the pagan practice of paying Charon to cross the river Styx to the netherworld. The absence of pottery further points to a pagan Phoenician population.
Keywords
burial, necropolis
Recommended Citation
Vitto, Fanny
(2008)
"A Burial Cave from the Fourth Century CE at Elqosh, Upper Galilee (pp. 117–127),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 59, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1417
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol59/iss1/9
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