Abstract
The excavation at Khallat Abu Ḥalaḥ uncovered part of a Byzantine-period structure comprising several rectangular rooms, corresponding to five construction phases. One of these rooms may have functioned as a bathhouse. Remains of another nearby structure decorated with a cross were also revealed, along with the upper fragment of a small chalkstone altar incised with a cross; a road paved with small stones and flanked by two walls that led to the site and continued toward Naḥal Dalia; and several field walls, one of which may have served as an enclosure. The finds from the site—including a fragment of a marble chancel screen incised with a cross within a medallion and the altar fragment decorated with a cross—indicate that the site was inhabited by a Christian population, likely part of the agricultural hinterland of Caesarea.
Keywords
Ramot Menashe, Byzantine period, chancel screen, bathhouse, Christian population, agricultural hinterland, Caesarea
Recommended Citation
Be'eri, Ron
(2025)
"Khallat Abu Ḥalaḥ: A Byzantine-Period Structure at Ramot Menashe / ח'לת אבו חלאח: מבנה מן התקופה הביזנטית ברמות מנשה,"
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel: Vol. 1, Article 42.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1041
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol1/iss1/42
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