Abstract
The excavation at Khirbat Jābir yielded pottery dating from the Byzantine period through the Early Islamic period, indicating continuous activity at the site during these periods. Most of the pottery was characteristic of the Byzantine period, including local wares typical of both northern and southern Israel, as well as imported wares from North Africa, Asia Minor and Cyprus. Byzantine-period clay pipes, apparently associated with the bathhouse water-supply system, were also found. The pottery assemblage from this period enables dating the activity in the bathhouse to the fourth–seventh centuries CE. A smaller portion of locally produced pottery vessels dates to the Early Islamic period. These enable dating the use of the mansion or farmhouse exposed in the excavation to the late seventh through the eleventh centuries CE.
Keywords
Byzantine period, Early Islamic period, pottery, imported vessels, pipes
Recommended Citation
Bouchenino, A.
2026.
Khirbat Jābir: The Pottery Finds / ח'ירבת ג'אבר: ממצא כלי החרס.
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel 2:1–13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1078
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol2/iss1/34
Included in
Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Classical Archaeology and Art History Commons, History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons
