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‘Atiqot 83 (2015)
ISBN 2948-040X
Glass Vessels from the Monastery at Khirbat Umm Leisun, Jerusalem
(pp. 199–204)
Natalya Katsnelson
Keywords: Jerusalem, Byzantine period, Early Islamic period, eulogia, Christian motifs, Christianity
The excavation yielded a small quantity of glass finds, comprising a bowl or oil lamp with a mold-blown decoration, plain and decorated bottles and windowpanes. The glass finds date between the sixth and mid-eighth centuries CE, serving as a useful contribution to the data of glassware that was prevalent in the region of Jerusalem during the late Byzantine/early Umayyad periods. The limited repertoire of types has parallels in many monasteries and churches in Israel and Jordan that existed up to the Islamic conquest.