Firim

Other Name: Firam
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Avraham Ronen and Dan Urman (1966)
Main Finds: Architectural fragments
Site Condition: Nothing to see at the site
Site Editors Note: An inscription in Aramaic of a Jewish name is evidence for a Jewish village along with other Jewish settlements in the region.
Fragment of lintel IAA survey (see link below) map 18 site 173 fig. 3, courtesy of Yossi Stepanski and the Israel Antiquities Authority

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee
Hanan Hanahba St, Hatzor HaGlilit, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

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Fragment of lintel IAA survey (see link below) map 18 site 173 fig. 3, courtesy of Yossi Stepanski and the Israel Antiquities Authority © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Fragment of lintel IAA survey (see link below) map 18 site 173 fig. 3, courtesy of Yossi Stepanski and the Israel Antiquities Authority
Pedestal IAA survey (see link below) map 18 site 173 fig. 4,, courtesy of Yossi Stepanski and the Israel Antiquities Authority © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Pedestal IAA survey (see link below) map 18 site 173 fig. 4,, courtesy of Yossi Stepanski and the Israel Antiquities Authority
Fragment of column and base IAA survey (see link below) map 18 site 173 fig. 5, courtesy of Yossi Stepanski and the Israel Antiquities Authority © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Fragment of column and base IAA survey (see link below) map 18 site 173 fig. 5, courtesy of Yossi Stepanski and the Israel Antiquities Authority

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