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'Atiqot 112 (2023)
ISBN 2948-040X
Coins in Niches: Enigmatic Coin Deposits in the Southern Church of Shivta (
pp. 157-174
)
Yotam Tepper and Yoav Farhi
Keywords: Byzantine period, coins, Shivta, Negev, Southern Church, church Deposits, Christian liturgical deposits, wall deposits, construction and renovation hoards
Three churches are known in Shivṭa: the Northern, the Central and the Southern. All three were fully excavated by the Colt expedition in 1934–1938. Recently, a full documentation of the exposed walls was undertaken, recording the remains of paintings, engravings and inscriptions. When the Transfiguration scene on the southern apse of the Southern Church was re-examined in this project, three coin deposits were revealed. In this paper we will present the data and offer an interpretation thereof.