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‘Atiqot 100 (2020)
ISBN 2948-040X
The Molluscs from Ben Gamli’el Street, Yafo (Jaffa)
(pp. 465–467)
Inbar Ktalav
Keywords: malacology
The excavation on Ben Gamli’el Street yielded 30 malacological finds, including 20 specimens from clear stratigraphic contexts of the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods. The assemblage comprises 28 Mediterranean shells and two Nile River freshwater bivalves. The local seashells were mainly used as simple ornaments and in construction material, while the two imported freshwater bivalves probably attest to trade connections between Yafo and Egypt.