Eshtamoa

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Adolph Reifenberg and Leon Mayer (1935-1936), Zeev Yevin (1969).
Main Finds: Broadhouse style without columns. Benches, ornamental architecture, inner apse, mosaic and fragments of marble menorah.
Inscriptions: Aramaic (Naveh 1978: 113-114; Werlin 2015: 187-194)
Mosaics: Yes
Site Condition: Inside modern day Palestinian village ‘as-Samu’.
Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 4

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: South Hebron Mountains
Unnamed Road, ישראל

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