Pekiin

Other Name: Pkiin, Buqei’a

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine

Excavation: Unexcavated

Selected Surveyors: Yitzchak Ben Zvi (1930?)

Main Finds: Stone with menorah, incense shovel, shofar and lulav and a stone with a conjectured depiction of the holy ark. Finds were found in synagogue built in 1873.

Site Condition: Stones can be viewed in the synagogue. Visits organized throught the Beit Zinati Visitors Center

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee

864, Peki’in, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

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 22 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/pkiin/

Photos:

Photos

Stone with holy ark presented in the modren synagogue, Gilead Peli all rights reserved. © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>

Architectural fragments presented in the modren synagogue, Gilead Peli all rights reserved. © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>

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