Khirbat Jābir: A Late Byzantine Bathhouse, an Early Islamic Building and Ottoman-Period Remains / ח'ירבת ג'אבר: בית מרחץ משלהי התקופה הביזנטית, מבנה מהתקופה האסלאמית הקדומה ושרידים מהתקופה העות'מאנית

Authors

• Orit Segal, Israel Antiquities AuthorityFollow

Abstract

Excavations at Khirbat Jābir in Zikhron Ya‘akov revealed three strata (III–I). The earliest Stratum III yielded a well-preserved bathhouse dated to the late Byzantine period (sixth–seventh centuries CE), likely a public complex lavishly decorated with marble elements, which served a small, well-established community comprising several households in the area. In Stratum II, dated to the beginning of the Early Islamic period, the bathhouse was converted into a manor house or a farmhouse. Its plan was slightly altered with the construction of new walls, and its rooms were paved with stones robbed from the original phase of the bathhouse. The latest Stratum I, dated to the Ottoman period, included graves dug into the bathhouse and a north–south road exposed adjacent to the building. A quarry and a stone heap were also documented, although their dating remains uncertain.

Keywords

Late Byzantine period, Early Islamic period, Ottoman period, bathhouse, manor house, farmhouse, road, quarry, stone heap

Recommended Citation

Segal, O. 2026. Khirbat Jābir: A Late Byzantine Bathhouse, an Early Islamic Building and Ottoman-Period Remains / ח'ירבת ג'אבר: בית מרחץ משלהי התקופה הביזנטית, מבנה מהתקופה האסלאמית הקדומה ושרידים מהתקופה העות'מאנית. Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel 2:1–28.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1077

Available at: https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol2/iss1/33