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Qazion

Other Name: Khirbet Qaisun
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Rachel Hachlili and Ann E. Killebrew (1992, 1997)
Main Finds: A Greek inscription of Jewish origin dedicated to the emperor. Remains of a public building. Architectural fragments. There is a debate on the identification of the building: 1) synagogue 2) a building dedicated to the Emperor, built by Jews 3) A temple built by Jewish priests
Inscriptions: Greek (CIIP V/1: 160-162).
Site Condition: Inside military firing zone

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee
Longitude: 35.539683
Latitude: 33.043356

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Eck, W. "Qision (mod. Ḥ. Qazyon)" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 1: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 160-162.
  2. Hachlili, R. "Supplement: Qazion - A Galilean Riddle" in Ancient Synagogues - Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research. ed. R. Hachlili, Leiden, Brill, 2013: 617-682.
  3. Hachlili, R. and Killebrew, A. "Horbat Qazion" Hadashot Arkheologiyot ed. 109, 1999: 6*-7*.
  4. Harvey, P.B. Jr. "Appenbix A: The Greek Inscription from Qazion" Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 1(2), 2013: 161-168.
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 23 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/qazion/

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Gideon Frester Archive © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Qazion | Gideon Frester Archive
Gideon Frester Archive © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Qazion 15.318 | Gideon Frester Archive

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