Preview
Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-19-1971
Descriptor Level A
Area A
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 5
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 8
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 4
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 547
Stratum: 03
Material: Glass
Period: Late Arabic (Islamic), few Byzantine
Allocated to: AUAM 71.123
Notes: Black - 2.6 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm.
Notes Reverse: Assoc.
Game stone
Pottery Base
1034 Bronze Ringlet
Desc.
Bluish black, gold flecks
Ridged design with indentations between each ridge. Maybe stylized twists from metal prototype (wire twists)
"The remains of the structure itself, together with literary evidence of a Christian community at Hisban is a Byzantine Christian Church."
"The evidence in all of the Ayyubid/Mamluk levels in A. 6 indicated domestic reuse of the Byzantine Church features as living space."