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Authors

Rivka Calderon

Abstract

The pottery from the Byzantine monastery near Shiqmona was found in three loci, sealed beneath the chapel floor; they date the construction of the floor to the sixth–seventh centuries CE. The finds from the buildings include bases with impressed decorations—male figures, a rabbit and a cross—common in the late fifth–early sixth centuries CE. The pottery from the winepress was found in the collecting pits, which later became waste dumps, comprising vessels from the sixth century CE, most of which continued until the seventh century. The finds from the tombs, although robbed or disturbed prior to the excavation, also date to the sixth–seventh centuries CE, and thus, probably indicate the period of their use. As a whole, the assemblage from Shiqmona is typical of northern sites on the coast of Israel.

Keywords

imported vessels, impressed decorations, tiles

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