Ashqelon (al-Nabi Hussein): Evidence for the Burial of Jews, Christians and Pagans in a Late Roman-Period Burial Ground (Hebrew, pp. 87–111; English summary, p. 88*)

Authors

Shlomo Kol-Ya’akov
Yoav Farhi

Abstract

At the al-Nabi Hussein site in Ashqelon, three areas were excavated (A–C), exposing four tombs and a pit. One square tomb in Area A comprised two burial chambers, each containing a primary-burial skeleton. The meager finds included pottery, a glass bottle and metal objects. Two additional tombs (I, II) and a plastered pit were exposed in Area B. Tomb I was the richest in finds, including pottery vessels and oil lamps, glass and carnelian artifacts, metal objects and three fourth-century CE coins. The pit was plastered, its floor made of marble slabs with a pottery vessel in its center. It appears to have been used in an industry connected with liquids. The tombs and finds, dated to the third–fifth centuries CE, were part of a burial ground used by Ashqelon’s inhabitants in the Late Roman period.

Keywords

burial, grave goods, ethnicity, installations, numismatics, anthropology

Recommended Citation

Kol-Ya’akov, Shlomo and Farhi, Yoav (2012) "Ashqelon (al-Nabi Hussein): Evidence for the Burial of Jews, Christians and Pagans in a Late Roman-Period Burial Ground (Hebrew, pp. 87–111; English summary, p. 88*)," 'Atiqot: Vol. 70, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1532
Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol70/iss1/9