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Misr

Other Name: Kfar Misr
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Joseph Buchman , Joseph Porat (1984); Alexander Onn (1985)
Main Finds: Columns and benches. Mosaic with menorahs, other ritual objects, and inscriptions.
Inscriptions: Hebrew (Onn 1994: 124, CIIP V/2: 1629-1630).
Mosaics: Yes.
Site Condition: No visible remains.
Apse, courtesy of Yossi Buchman

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee
7276, כפר מיסר, ישראל

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. "Kafr Miṣr" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 2: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 1629-1630.
  2. Onn, A. "The Synagogue at Kafr Miṣr" in Ancient Synagogues Revealed: 1981-2022. ed. L. I. Levine, Z. Weiss, U. Leibner, Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society, 2023: 128-136.
  3. Onn, A. "The Ancient Synagogue at Kafr Misr" Atiqot 25, 1994: 117-134.
  4. Spigel, C.S. Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacities. Tubingen, 2012: 260-264.

Photos:

Photos
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Apse, courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Apse, courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Apse, courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Apse, courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Fragment of mosaic, courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Fragment of mosaic, courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Fragment of mosaic with Hebrew inscription, courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Fragment of mosaic with Hebrew inscription, courtesy of Yossi Buchman
Fragment of mosaic with Hebrew inscription, courtesy of Yossi Buchman © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Fragment of mosaic with Hebrew inscription, courtesy of Yossi Buchman

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