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‘Atiqot 71 (2012)
ISBN 2948-040X
The Pottery and Stone Objects from a Roman-Period Farmstead at El-Qabu, South of Ashqelon
(pp. 21*–28*)
Yehudah Rapuano
Keywords: coastal plain, typology, art, iconography, ethnicity
The ceramic finds from the site at El-Qabu comprise for the most part locally manufactured vessels, along with a few imported wares. The repertoire includes plain-ware utilitarian vessels produced on the southern coastal plain along with imported examples of Eastern Terra Sigillata Ware (ESA) and two foreign amphorae. The pottery is exceptionally homogeneous, ranging in date from the second century to the late third and possibly the very beginning of the fourth century CE. Among the finds were a figurine (of mourning Isis?) and a disc-lamp, decorated with what was probably an erotic scene. These pagan themes seem to give some indication of the ethnicity of the inhabitants of the site.