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‘Atiqot 56 (2007)
ISBN 2948-040X
Remains of the Roman and Byzantine Periods at Horbat Hazaz, Ashqelon
(Hebrew, pp. 81–97; English Summary, pp. 78*–81*)
Pirhiya Nahshoni
Keywords: archaeozoology, epigraphy, numismatics
A salvage excavation at Horbat Hazaz in Ashqelon revealed remains dating from the Roman and Byzantine periods. The finds from the Roman period included ten infant burials in jars, dating to the fourth century CE, a refuse level and a few coins; the finds from the Byzantine period included building remains, debris and a refuse pit. The small finds from the Early and Late Roman periods were retrieved from the refuse level and included pottery—bowls and burial jars—and glass vessels with plastic decoration. The small finds from the Byzantine period included pottery—a bowl bearing a Greek inscription, two mold-decorated bowls (with a cross and with a horned animal), kraters, a mortarium, cooking vessels, jars and lamps; glass vessels; and a carved bone handle. A glazed bowl from the Early Islamic period was found in a collapse layer from the Byzantine period. The settlement to which these burials were related was not identified. The remains from the Byzantine period probably belong to a dwelling quarter that existed at the site from the second half of the fourth to the mid-seventh centuries CE.