‘Atiqot - Publications of the Israel Antiquities Authority

‘Atiqot 78 (2014) ISBN 2948-040X

Remains from the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods in the al-Wata Quarter, Safed (Zefat) (Hebrew, pp. 73*–85*, English summary, p. 165)
Michael Cohen
Keywords: Galilee, numismatics, tobacco pipes
The excavation on the lower western slope of the city of Safed (Zefat) revealed remains of three buildings built upon bedrock. The occupational sequence extended from the Mamluk period, when the neighborhood was established, through the Ottoman period and until British Mandate times. The finds included pottery, both local and imported, as well as glass finds and coins. These results correspond with historical sources that describe the zenith of the city of Safed in the fourteenth century.