Excavations at the Ancient Synagogue of Gush ḤalavDuring 1977 and 1978 the Meiron Excavation Project moved north from its excavations at Khirbet Shema and Meiron, excavating at the site of the synagogue at Gush Halav. With only very limited areas available for excavation, the team nevertheless was able to extract significant information for the history of Galilean synagogues. The synagogue here had a unique form, with spatial elements that have few if any parallels elsewhere. This publication will thus be of great importance for the history of Galilee in the first millennium C.E. and for the development of synagogue architecture and its relationship to the culture of the region in general. |
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5/4 reddish brown 6/4 light reddish 6/6 light red architrave ashlar bema bowl with 2.5YR bowl with everted bowl with thickened bronze Byzantine carinated bowl century C.E. ceramic Constantius II cont critical loci drawn sherds east of wall everted lip everted rim excavation Exterior color Grit Galilean bowl glass gray grooved rim Gush Halav Hasmonean heart-shaped columns Hellenistic I-II II LR inner inner west iron jar with everted jar with rounded Josephus Lamp Pl Lamp top Late Roman layer LR cooking pot LR storage jar medium Meiron meters Meyers mezzanine Middle Roman molded lamp MR-LR north end Number of drawn Object Plate outer Period II pink pot with 2.5YR Pottery from loci Pottery Plate rim 5YR rim white Roman period rounded rim Section D-D Shema simple rim south of wall stone stratigraphic Stratum stylobate stylobate 3005 synagogue thickened rim Upper Galilee ware western corridor