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‘Atiqot 52 (2006)
ISBN 2948-040X
Buildings of the Persian, Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods at Khirbat Kabar, in the Northern Hebron Hills
(Hebrew, pp. 49*–71*; English summary, pp. 205–207)
Yuval Baruch
Keywords: stone vessels, Second Temple period, limekilns, art, epigraphy, burial
Two buildings were exposed. The northern building comprised rooms surrounding a central courtyard; the pottery finds from this building date from the Persian period, and chiefly, to the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods (first century BCE). Only two rooms survived of the southern building, which apparently opened to a courtyard. Many storage-jar sherds were found, seemingly in situ. On two of them, Aramaic letters were incised before firing. An Achaemenid-style conical glass seal was unearthed, depicting a hero or a ruler holding flanking lions. This building may have had an administrative or storage function. Three tombs were uncovered in proximity to the southern building; they probably date to the Persian period.