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Abstract

The excavation at Ḥorbat Yagur uncovered a settlement inhabited continuously from the Roman to the Mamluk periods, with a gap from the eighth to the first half of the ninth centuries CE. In Area A, two strata were discerned: Stratum II, comprising the remains of buildings, dated by ceramic finds to the Roman period; and Stratum I, comprising a wall dating to the Byzantine period. One-hundred twenty-nine coins from the fourth–fifth centuries CE were found. In Area B, four strata were discerned: part of a building in Stratum IV; fills of burnt earth in Stratum III; part of a building in Stratum II; and a pit with a white plaster floor in Stratum I. Based on the ceramic finds, Stratum IV has been dated to the Byzantine period, and Strata III–I, to the second half of the ninth–fourteenth centuries CE. Three coins were retrieved: two from the second–third centuries CE and one from the fourth–fifth centuries CE.

Keywords

settlement, Middle Ages, medieval period, numismatics

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