Abstract
The burial cave excavated at Kabul, in the western Galilee, is of the chamber-tomb type, surrounded by six vaulted chambers, each containing two troughs. The finds in the cave consist of glass vessels, jewelry and a coin—no pottery vessels or lamps were discovered—all dating to the late fourth century CE; a New Kingdom scarab was apparently reused in a piece of jewelry. The cave was probably used for family burial, possibly of a Jewish family, based on the finds and rabbinic sources describing Kabul as a Jewish town.
Keywords
cemetery, burial goods, Jewish population
Recommended Citation
Vitto, Fanny
(2011)
"An Early Byzantine-Period Burial Cave at Kabul (pp. 107–136),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 66, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1377
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol66/iss1/8
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