Jericho B

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Dimitri Baramki (1935)
Main Finds: Mosaic with menorah, other ritual objects, inscriptions, geometric and floral patterns.
Inscriptions: Hebrew and Aramaic (Naveh 1978: 103-109; Werlin 2015: 75-80, CIIP IV/1: 253-257).
Mosaics: yes
Site Condition: Open to public. Under Palestinian Authority control.
Mosaic Menorah and Hebrew inscription - Gilead Peli all rights reserved

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Judea

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Yardeni, A. and Price, J. J. "The synagogue at Tell es-Sulṭan" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., IV/Part 1: Iudaea / Idumaea, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2018: 253-257.
  2. Baramki, D. C. and Avi-Yonah, M. "An Early Byzantine Synagogue near Tell es Sultan" Quaterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine 6, 1936: 73-77.
  3. Foerster, G. "Jericho" The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 1993: 695-697.
  4. Spigel, C.S. Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacities. Tubingen, 2012: 255-258.
  5. Werlin, S. The Late Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine. Leiden, 2015: 70-90.
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 13 June 2026, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/jericho-b/

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Mosaic Menorah and Hebrew inscription - Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
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Mosaic Aramaic inscription - Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Mosaic Aramaic inscription - Gilead Peli all rights reserved

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