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Tsur Natan

Other Name: Horbat Migdal
Religion: Samaritan

Archaeological Evidences

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Eitan Ayalon (1989-1991)
Main Finds: Samaritan. Atrium, Narthex and Apse. Benches.
Characters: Mosaic, Greek Inscription
Inscriptions: Greek (Di Segni 1995)
Mosaics: yes
Site Condition: Open to public

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Samaria
5533, ישראל

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Selected Bibliography

Selected Bibliography
  1. Di Segni, L. "Ẓur Nathan (area of Khirbet Majdal). Mosaic Inscription, Later Roman Imperial Period" in Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. 42, 1995: 436-437 no. 1474.
  2. Di Segni, L. "Ẓur Nathan (area of Khirbet Majdal). Mosaic inscription, later Roman Imperial period." Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 42, 1995: 436-437 no. 1474.
  3. Magen, Y. The Samaritans and the Good Samaritan. Jerusalem, 2008: 167-168.
  4. Ayalon, E. "Horvat Migdal (Tsur Natan) - an Ancient Samaritan Village" in The Samaritans Jerusalem. ed. E. Stern and H. Eshel, Jerusalem, 2002: 272-288, (Hebrew).
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Courtesy of Etan Ayalon |
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Plans
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