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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-2-1976
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. T-30
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 8
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 3
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 2425
Stratum: 07-10
Material: Iron
Period: Byzantine / Late Roman
Allocated to: AUAM 76.221
Notes: 49 x 5.5 mm.
Child's Bangle
Notes Reverse: Under loci 2 + 1, Shaft tomb.
A fill contained
Jeannie N. says Byzantine or Late Roman, expanded in Ayyubid / Mamluk, broken in modern.
Iron bracelet fragment 2425 - 2427; iron bead 2645; bronze bracelet 2447; earring fragment 2450; 2 glass beads 2448; bronze earring 2449; shell pendant 2451; iron ring 2538; parts of iron bracelets and rings 2550; bronze fish hook 2566
Description: Corroded fragment, ca. 7 cm. long.
"The arcosolia on either side of the shaft were typical of those common to the Byzantine period...Each of the arcosolia, however, had been expanded into roughly square chambers with ceiling sloping down the back of each. The abundant quantities of Early Byzantine sherds in both arcosolia was clear evidence of their original use. Locus 3, which included the interior deposits of both orcosolia, contained not only Byzantine but Ayyubid / Mamluk as well. " p. 136
18 individuals buried; 2 infants, 4 children.
Objects in south arcosolium
Sheep, chicken, dog bones.