Abstract
The cave was hewn in a cliff; it has a roughly square plan. A corridor leads to three hewn steps with a standing pit at the bottom. Wide benches, on three sides of the standing pit, were used to place the deceased and their funerary offerings. An ossuary with a lid and four legs, was found, decorated with incised motifs. The cave yielded skeletal remains belonging to 13 individuals and pottery dated to the second–first centuries BCE. A few bronze artifacts were also recovered: a ladle, small bottles, kohl sticks and amulets. The cave appears to have been a family burial cave that was used in the Hasmonean and Herodian periods.
Keywords
burial, funerary offerings, double nozzle lamp, linen, cord, organic substance, anthropology, metal
Recommended Citation
Ganor, Amir and Ganor, Sa'ar
(2016)
"A Burial Cave from the Second–First Centuries BCE near ‘En Gedi (with a contribution by Yossi Nagar)(Hebrew, pp. 65*–78*; English summary, pp. 126–127),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 84, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1725
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol84/iss1/10
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