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‘Atiqot 69 (2012)
ISBN 2948-040X
Glass Vessels from the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods at Khirbat Burnat (Southwest)
(pp. 141–146)
Tamar Winter
Keywords: Glass, Lod Shephelah, Modi‘in, Jewish Great War, Bar Kokhba Revolt
The excavation at Khirbat Burnat (Southwest) yielded some 90 small glass fragments, nearly two-thirds of them diagnostic. Most of the glass finds date from the Late Hellenistic (second half of the first century BCE) and Early Roman (second half of the first century CE) periods. Several pieces date from the Late Roman period, and a few, from the Byzantine period. Most of the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman vessels were free-blown, a few were cast, and one piece was mold-blown. The glass assemblage from Khirbat Burnat is typical of the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods; however, only few assemblages have been published from this geographical region, hence its significance.