Abstract
Some 30 glass finds in a fragmentary and corroded state of preservation were recovered from the site of Giv‘ot Bar, on the southwestern bank of Naḥal Peḥar. They were unearthed in debris upon the floors of a Byzantine-period monastery (Area A). The glass vessels, mostly including juglets and lamps, date to the late Byzantine period, the late sixth–seventh centuries CE; none of them could be distinctly dated to the Umayyad period, the eighth century CE. The monastery had been illuminated by three types of glass lamps, which were discovered in several of the monastery’s units. Furthermore, the windows in the monastery were probably covered, at least in part, by glass panes. The glass finds from the Giv‘ot Bar monastery attest to a thriving Christian community during the late sixth–seventh centuries CE.
Recommended Citation
Winter, Tamar
(2023)
"الأواني الزجاجية من دير بيزنطي في چڤعات بار جنوب رهط / The Glass Finds from the Monastery at Giv‘ot Bar,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 12, Article 16.
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol12/iss1/16
