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Authors

Elie Haddad

Abstract

In a salvage excavation conducted north of Tel Lod, twelve squares were excavated, exposing finds from the Persian–Early Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. The finds from the Persian–Early Roman periods consisted merely of pottery and stone vessels. Two strata were identified from the Byzantine period: Stratum IIB yielded a segment of a flagstone floor belonging to a public building, and a few pottery vessels dated to the late third–seventh centuries CE; Stratum IIA comprised some architectural elements, a poorly-preserved lime pit and a plastered installation, as well as pottery vessels, a metal object and coins. The Early Islamic period is represented in three strata: in Stratum IC, a large building was uncovered, as well as pottery, small finds and coins; in Stratum IB, several walls were exposed, built in alignment with the Stratum IC walls; and in Stratum IA, graves were dug into earlier layers.

Keywords

Second Temple period, agriculture, burial, numismatics, Arabic inscription

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