Husaniyye

Other Name: el-Huseniyye; el-ahseniyeh; el-Ahseniyye
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Laurence Oliphant (1884-1885), Dan Urman (1968), Zvi Maoz (1986)
Main Finds: Architectural elements including lions and an eagle.
Site Condition: Accessible. Some of the stones are in the Golan Archaeological Museum in Qatsrin
Site Editors Note: Oliphant describes what may have been the building.
Architectural fragment, courtesy of Eran Meir

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Golan
65, Jordan

Selected Bibliography:

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 21 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/husaniyye-2/

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