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‘Atiqot 54 (2006)
ISBN 2948-040X
Installations and Burial Caves in Ramat Sharet, Ramat Denya, Jerusalem
(Hebrew, pp. 31*–45*; English summary, pp. 156–158)
Amit Re’em and Anna de Vincenz
Keywords: agriculture, industry, burial, hinterland, numismatics
A salvage excavation in the Ramat Denya quarter, Jerusalem, uncovered agricultural installations, a
miqweh
, burial caves, cisterns and quarries dating to the Second Temple period, which were reused during medieval times. The various installations were dated on the basis of their architecture. Four winepresses were revealed; one, from the medieval period, was hewn within a Second Temple-period burial cave. The
miqweh
is typical of the Second Temple period, characteristically situated near agricultural installations; it was reused during the Mamluk period. Four loculi (
kokhim
) burial caves were excavated, characteristic of the Second Temple period. They were robbed in antiquity. The finds were most probably part of Jerusalem’s agricultural hinterland during the Second Temple and the medieval periods.