Abstract
The pottery finds retrieved from the buildings excavated at Pi Maẓuva date to the late Byzantine period and comprise local and imported vessels. The imported vessels include red-slipped bowls of ARS ware—two were adorned, one with a cross and the other, with a human figure holding a staff; CRS ware; LRC (Phocaean Red) ware—with two body fragments bearing a cross; and amphorae. The pottery from Pi Maẓuva shows a clear affinity with assemblages dated to the late Byzantine period at nearby sites in the western Galilee. The rather large quantity of imported vessels possibly suggests the existence of dwellings and storehouses for agricultural produce at the site.
Keywords
Western Galilee, rural settlement, typology, oil lamps, Christianity, ethnicity
Recommended Citation
Lerer, Yoav
(2020)
"Byzantine-Period Pottery Vessels from Pi Maẓuva (Hebrew, pp. 41*–55*; English summary, p. 184),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 99, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2063
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol99/iss1/14
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