Ibliin

Other Name: Abelim
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Joseph Braslavy (1934)
Main Finds: Aramaic dedicatory inscription
Inscriptions: Aramaic (Naveh 1978:42-44, CIIP V/1: 678-679)
Site Condition: Near the church of St. George are architectural fragments from a public building.
The Yosef Braslavi Collection, Photo Archive – Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee
Unnamed Road, Ibtin, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. and Yardeni, A. "Abelim (mod. Iʾbillin)" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 1: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 678-679.
  2. Braslawski, J. "A Synagogue Inscription at ʿAbellîn" Bulletin of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society 2, 1935: 10-13, (Hebrew).
  3. Ilan, Z. Ancient Synagogues in Israel. Tel Aviv, 1991: 195, (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 26 June 2026, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/ibliin/

Photos:

Photos
Base Ilan 1991: 195, courtesy of Almoga Ilan © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Base Ilan 1991: 195, courtesy of Almoga Ilan
Bases Ilan 1991: 195, courtesy of Almoga Ilan © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Bases Ilan 1991: 195, courtesy of Almoga Ilan
Braslawski 1935: 12 © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Hebrew and Aramaic inscription | Braslawski 1935: 12
The Yosef Braslavi Collection, Photo Archive – Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Aramaic Inscription | The Yosef Braslavi Collection, Photo Archive – Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

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