Dana

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee

Longitude: 32.61248398567441     Latitude: 35.47554016113281     Open the map in a new window

More Geographic Info: www.latlong.net/c/?lat=32.61248398567441&long=35.47554016113281

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantnine

Selected Surveyors: Gideon Foerster (first published 1966)

Main Finds: Lintel with menorah and incense shovels and other monumental architectural fragments.

Site Condition: Accessible.

1. Gal, Z. "Ancient Synagogues in the Eastern Lower Galilee" in Ancient Synagogues; Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery. ed. D. Urman and P.V.M. Flesher, Vol. 1, Leiden, 1995: 167-168.

Pictures:

Menorah lintel Ilan 1991: 121, courtesy of Almoga Ilan

Decorated lintel Ilan 1991: 121, courtesy of Almoga Ilan

Columns IAA survey (see link below) map 46 site 43 fig. 2 , courtesy of Zvi Gal and the Israel Antiquities Authority

Links:

• IAA Survey Dana