A Building and an Olive Press from the Byzantine–Abbasid Periods at Khirbat el-Thahiriya (Hebrew, pp. 81–112; English summary, pp. 118*–120*)

Authors

Elena Kogan-Zehavi, Israel Antiquities Authority
Shulamit Hadad

Abstract

Excavations at Khirbat el-Thahiriya exposed a complex consisting of a large building, with an oil press to its northeast and an irrigation system to its west; a refuse heap; and a plastered surface. Also found were a quarry and a juglet dating to Early Bronze Age IB, not related to the other finds. The building (c. 1500 sq m) was partially exposed and three phases were identified, dating to the Byzantine (fifth–mid-seventh centuries CE; Phase 1), Umayyad (650–750 CE; Phase 2) and Abbasid (750–tenth century CE; Phase 3) periods. The three phases of the building were dated by pottery, metal finds, glassware and coins. The building appears to have originally been a monastery that was converted into a farmhouse following the Arab conquest.

Keywords

cistern, mosaic floors, olive press, plaster, pool, archaeozoology, numismatics, glass

Recommended Citation

Kogan-Zehavi, Elena and Hadad, Shulamit (2012) "A Building and an Olive Press from the Byzantine–Abbasid Periods at Khirbat el-Thahiriya (Hebrew, pp. 81–112; English summary, pp. 118*–120*)," 'Atiqot: Vol. 71, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1562
Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol71/iss1/9