Abstract
Excavations at the southern and eastern fringes of Ḥorbat Kosit, west of Baqa el-Gharbiya, uncovered the peripheral area of the site, which was exploited for various industrial uses and for burial. At Ḥorbat Kosit (East) three strata were recorded, the main one (Stratum III) including a Roman-period burial ground. The site of Naḥal Hadera (North) yielded 24 rock-cut graves of a type previously assigned to the Essene or the Nabbatean populations. At Ḥorbat Kosit (South), numerous rock-cut installations, cisterns and a tomb were recovered; the finds date from Early Bronze Age I to the Roman period.
Keywords
burial, Essenes, Nabbatean, cemetery
Recommended Citation
Gorzalczany, Amir
(2010)
"Baqa el-Gharbiya Area: A Roman-Period Cemetery and Other Finds (with contributions by Peter Gendelman, Donald T. Ariel and Hamoudi Khalaily) (Hebrew, pp. 105*–136*; English summary, pp. 161–162),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 64, Article 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1303
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol64/iss1/15
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