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.
Looking north - courtesy of Eran Meir

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Golan
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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Urman, D. "Jewish Inscriptions of the Mishna and Talmud Period from Kaẓrin in the Golan" Tarbiz 53, 4, 1983: 520-522, (Hebrew).
  2. Killebrew, A. "Pottery from Dabiyye" Atiqot 20, 1991: 66-73.
  3. Ariel, D.T. "Coins from the Synagogue at Dabiyye" Atiqot 20, 1991: 74-80.
  4. 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 24 June 2026, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/dabiyye/

Photos:

Photos
Southern facade courtesy of Eran Meir © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Southern facade courtesy of Eran Meir
Southern facade courtesy of Eran Meir © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Southern facade courtesy of Eran Meir
Looking north - courtesy of Eran Meir © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Looking north - courtesy of Eran Meir

Plans and Drawings:

Plans
Excavation plan Maoz 1991: 52, courtesy of Zvi Maoz © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Excavation plan Maoz 1991: 52, courtesy of Zvi Maoz
Plan Maoz 1991: 57, courtesy of Zvi Maoz © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Plan Maoz 1991: 57, courtesy of Zvi Maoz
South facade and sections Maoz 1991: 53, courtesy of Zvi Maoz © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
South facade and sections Maoz 1991: 53, courtesy of Zvi Maoz

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