Abstract
The excavation at Pi Maẓuva revealed building complexes, some separated by an alley, dating from the Byzantine period. The finds at the site included a bronze cross, an ashlar limestone lintel with a cross engraving, and pottery dated to the sixth–seventh centuries CE, which comprised local types, alongside many imported ones, some adorned with crosses. An interesting find is a high-quality, colorful, seventh-century CE mosaic floor adorned with floral motifs, animal and human figures, and two fragmentary Greek inscriptions. The finds at the site point to the existence of a rural Christian settlement, probably destroyed during the Persian conquest of the region in 613 CE.
Keywords
Western Galilee, rural settlement, ṭabun, numismatics, cross, Christianity, ethnicity, villa, art, iconography, epigraphy, nomismata weight
Recommended Citation
Cinamon, Gilad and Lerer, Yoav
(2020)
"Dwellings from the Byzantine Period at Pi Maẓuva in the Western Galilee (with a contribution by Danny Syon) (Hebrew, pp. 31*–39*; English summary, pp. 182–183),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 99, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2059
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol99/iss1/13
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