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Ashdod

Other Name: Azotus, Hippinos, Tel Ashdod
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Plato von Ustinov (sometime in the late 19th century)
Main Finds: Marble chancel with Menorah and Greek and Hebrew inscription.
Inscriptions: Greek and Hebrew (CIIP III: no. 2995)
Site Condition: Exact area of discovery unknown. The chancel can be viewed at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo.
Menorah chancel, Ilan 1991: 256, courtesy of Almoga Ilan

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Coastal Plain
Odem St, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. "Azotus" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., III: South Coast, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2014: 202-203.
  2. Ilan, Z. Ancient Synagogues in Israel. Tel Aviv, 1991: 256, (Hebrew).
Bibliographic citation of this page
Ben David, C. Osband, M. Aviam, M. Site: ‘Synagogues.Kinneret.ac.il’, The Bornblum Eretz Israel Website for the Study of Ancient Synagogues, accessed on 23 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/ashdod/

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Menorah chancel, Ilan 1991: 256, courtesy of Almoga Ilan © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Menorah chancel, Ilan 1991: 256, courtesy of Almoga Ilan

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