Dabiyye

Other Name: Dabyyeh

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine

Excavation: Excavated

Excavators: Zvi Maoz (1982)

Main Finds: Part of original southern facade, menorah on a stone

Inscriptions: Greek (Urman 1984: 520-522)

Site Condition: In a closed military zone.

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Golan

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography

Urman, D. "Jewish Inscriptions of the Mishna and Talmud Period from Kaẓrin in the Golan" Tarbiz 53, 4, 1983: 520-522, (Hebrew).
Killebrew, A. "Pottery from Dabiyye" Atiqot 20, 1991: 66-73.
Ariel, D.T. "Coins from the Synagogue at Dabiyye" Atiqot 20, 1991: 74-80.
Maoz, Z.U. "Excavations in the Ancient Synagogue at Dabiyye" Atiqot 20, 1991: 49-65.

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 22 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/dabiyye/

Photos:

Photos

Southern facade courtesy of Eran Meir

Looking north - courtesy of Eran Meir

Plans and Drawings:

Plans

Excavation plan Maoz 1991: 52, courtesy of Zvi Maoz

Plan Maoz 1991: 57, courtesy of Zvi Maoz

South facade and sections Maoz 1991: 53, courtesy of Zvi Maoz

Links:

Links

Dabyyeh - The Archaeological Survey of Israel

Ancient Synagogue Coins