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Eshtamoa
Eshtamoa
Religion:
Jewish
Archaeological Evidences
Period:
Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation:
Excavated
Excavators:
Adolph Reifenbeg 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.
Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 4
Geographic Details
Geographical Region:
South Hebron Mountains
Unnamed Road, ישראל
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Selected Bibliography
Selected Bibliography
Yeivin, Z. "The Synagogue at Eshtamoa"
Qadmoniot: A Journal for the Antiquities of Eretz-Israel and Bible Lands
2, 1972: 43-45, (Hebrew).
Mayer, L.A and Reifenberg, A. "The Synagogue of Eshtamo'a"
Bulletin of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society
9, 2-3, 1942: 41-44, (Hebrew).
Mayer, L.A. and Reifenberg, A. "The synagogue of Eshtemo'a - A Preliminary Report"
Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society
19, 1939-1940: 314-326.
Spigel, C.S.
Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacities
. Tubingen, 2012: 204-207.
Werlin, S.
The Late Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine
. Leiden, 2015.
Yeivin, Z. "The Synagogue of Eshtemoa" in
Ancient Synagogues Revealed
. ed. L.I. Levine, Jerusalem, 1981: 120-123.
Yeivin, Z. "The Synagogue at Eshtem'a in Light of the 1969 Excavations"
Atiqot
48, 2004: *59-*98, (Hebrew; English abstract: 155-158).
Yevin, Z. "Eshtamoa"
The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land
. 1993: 423-426.
Photos
Aerial view, courtesy of Kfar Etzion field school
Benches, courtesy of Doron Sar-Avi
Eastern facade, courtesy of Doron Sar-Avi
Lintel, courtesy of Doron Sar-Avi
Apse, courtesy of Doron Sar-Avi
The Western Wall- Internal View | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 1 Fig. 1
The Western Wall- External View | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 1 Fig. 2
The Aramaic Inscription | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 2 Fig. 1
Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 2 Fig. 2.1
Ornamented Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 2 Fig. 2.2
Ornamented Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 2 Fig. 2.3
Ornamented Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 2 Fig. 2.3
Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 2 Fig. 2.4
Engraved Meorah | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 1
Ornamented Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 2
Conch Niche | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 3
Architectural Item with Menorah and Lulav | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 4
Architectural Item with Medallions | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 5
Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 6
Engraved Meorah | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 7
Ornamented Architectural Item | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 8
Conch Ornaments | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 3 Fig. 9
The Apse | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 4 Fig. 1
Hebrew Coin | Mayer and Reifenberg 1942: Plate 4 Fig. 1
The Synagogue Facade and Narthex | Yeivin 1972: 44. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society.
The Bema | Yeivin 1972: 44. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society.
The Benches along the Northern Wall | Yeivin 1972: 44. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society.
Lintel with Menorah Engraving | Yeivin 1972: 45. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society.
Plans
Yevin 1982: 120, courtesy of the Archaeology Department of the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria and the Israel Exploration Society
Plan | Yeivin 1972: 43. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society
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