A Byzantine-Period Funerary Chapel in the Newe Yam Dalet Neighborhood in Ashqelon (pp. 147–158)

Authors

• Yulia Ustinova, Ben Gurion University, Be’er Sheva‘
• Gregory Seriy, Israel Antiquities Authority

Abstract

Excavations in Ashqelon’s Newe Yam Dalet neighborhood revealed a remarkable funerary chapel.The funerary complex comprises a courtyard, a tomb and a roofed chamber. The chamber floor was paved with mosaics, containing three Greek inscription; a fourth inscription was found on a marble slab in secondary use.The epigraphic evidence endorses the interpretation of the site as a cultic complex, perhaps aprivate memorial site of an individual venerated by the community.

Keywords

Byzantine period, Christianity, epigraphy, art, religion, cult

Recommended Citation

Ustinova, Y and Seriy, G. 2018. A Byzantine-Period Funerary Chapel in the Newe Yam Dalet Neighborhood in Ashqelon (pp. 147–158). 'Atiqot 90.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1831

Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol90/iss1/9