Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Atiqot
Angaben zur Quelle:
107 (2022) 61-109
Keywords:
Wells
;
Pottery
;
Hammat Gader (Israel) Antiquities
;
Eretz Israel Antiquities, Byzantine
;
Eretz Israel Antiquities Arab Caliphate Period, 638-1099
Abstract:
A salvage excavation conducted east of the hot water pools of ‘Ein el-Jarab, Ḥammat Gader, revealed building remains, comprising mosaic floors and flagstone-paved plazas, dating from the end of the Late Roman (Stratum 4), Byzantine (Stratum 3) and Umayyad (Stratum 2) periods. The buildings were apparently destroyed in the earthquake of 749 CE. The site was reoccupied in the ninth century CE, during the Abbasid period (Stratum 1). It seems that the structures and the plaza served the patrons of the hot springs, possibly as dressing rooms and as therapy spaces.
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