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‘Atiqot 62 (2010)
ISBN 2948-040X
Middle Bronze Age Tombs at Fassuta
(pp. 17–42)
Lilly Gershuni and Mordechai Aviam
Keywords: warrior tomb, Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware, Sobhotep group
Located in the northern upper Galilee, the ancient site was established on a hill named Fasil Danyal, in the vicinity of which are several springs. A salvage excavation was undertaken in two built tombs, damaged during construction in the village of Fassuta. Tomb 1 is rock-cut, rectangular-shaped and covered with limestone slabs. It contained pottery vessels, metal artifacts — among them weapons and a bronze belt and buckle — and a steatite scarab of Neferhotep I (an heirloom). Tomb 2 is much smaller, consisting of only a modest content, including a votive bowl. The tombs were probably part of a large cemetery, dating to the transitional MB I–II, toward the end of the eighteenth century BCE.