A Byzantine Tombstone from Tel Bet Yera?/Khirbat al-Karak (Israel).

A tombstone of the Byzantine period (fifth-sixth centuries CE) was discovered during recent conservation work in the bathhouse of the Early Islamic palace of al-Ṣinnabra at Tel Bet Yeraḥ/Khirbat al-Karak in the Jordan Valley. The stone appears to identify a functionary, possibly of the adjacent chur...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 38; pp. 129 - 138
Main Authors:	Ashkenazi, Jacob, Aviam, Mordechai, Greenberg, Raphael, Tal, Oren
Format:	Article
Published:	Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies 2019
Subjects:	Sepulchral monuments Byzantine antiquities Bathhouses Bet Yerah, Tel (Israel) Greek inscriptions
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	A tombstone of the Byzantine period (fifth-sixth centuries CE) was discovered during recent conservation work in the bathhouse of the Early Islamic palace of al-Ṣinnabra at Tel Bet Yeraḥ/Khirbat al-Karak in the Jordan Valley. The stone appears to identify a functionary, possibly of the adjacent church excavated by Delougaz and Haines in 1952-53. We discuss the status of the church and possible significance of the reuse of the stone in the bathhouse floor.