Duheisha

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Jacob Ory (1934), Moshe Fischer and Itamar Taxel (2001-2014)
Main Finds: Marble Menorah and other architectural stones
Site Condition: Nothing visible at the site
Reconstruction of the menora’s arm. Courtesy of Itamar Taxel. See also Fischer and Taxel 2008: 16 fig. 10.

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Judea
Longitude: 34.771456
Latitude: 31.882313
משתלת אהובה, HaAlon Street, Ge’alya, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Fischer, M. , Taxel, I. and Amit, D. "Rural Settlement in the Vicinity of Yavneh in the Byzantine Period: A Religio-Archaeological Perspective" BASOR 350, 2008: 13-16.

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Photos
Reconstruction of the menora’s arm. Courtesy of Itamar Taxel. See also Fischer and Taxel 2008: 16 fig. 10. © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Reconstruction of the menora’s arm. Courtesy of Itamar Taxel. See also Fischer and Taxel 2008: 16 fig. 10.

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