Sejara

Other Name: Ilania

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine

Excavation: Unexcavated

Selected Surveyors: De Saulcy (1875), Guerin (1880), Ilan (1991)

Main Finds: Greek inscription, Ionic and Corinthian capital, decorated lintel, pedestals, monolithic pillar, marble chancle screen, large ashlar block

Inscriptions: Greek

Site Condition: Architectural fragments can be seen in Ilania, ancient Sejara and Sde Ilan

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee

Ilaniya, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography

Price, J. and Aviam, M. "A Greek Inscription and Architectural Fragments, Possibly of a Synagogue, from Sejara (Ilaniya)" Scripta Classica Israelica 41, 2022: 63-76.

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 01 July 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/sejara/

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