Abstract
During April 1964, a trial excavation was conducted at Tel Massad in Kefar Rupin, under the direction of Z. Yeivin, following construction work on the tell (map ref. unknown). Walls that belonged to a large building were exposed, some of which were destroyed by the bulldozer. Seven spots were examined, four in the trench and three more on the surrounding mound. Fragments of pottery vessels that were dated to the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods were found inside the building. Pottery fragments found in previous excavations on the site were dated to earlier periods, but according to the excavator, the strata below the foundations of the walls yielded only few pottery sherds. In one of the probes in the trench dug by the bulldozer was soil mixed with debris, in which were mixed pottery sherds that were dated to the Middle Bronze, Early Bronze and Early Iron Ages, an d to the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods.
License Number
A-18/1964
Excavation Date
1964
Recommended Citation
Yeivin Z. , 1964. Tel Massad (Kefar Rupin) A-18/1964 (A. Dayan ed.). In Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports. https://publications.iaa.org.il/favissa/78
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