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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
8-2-1976
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. T-38
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 23
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 10
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 2853
Stratum: 09, 10
Material: Bronze
Period: Early Byzantine / Late Roman
Allocated to: AUAM 76.596
Notes: 52 x 43 x 4.5 mm.
Child's bangle.
Notes Reverse: Cave F.38 disarticulated bones of 40 individuals.
Earliest use Early Roman was for domestic purposes, late was for burials - Late Roman through Early Byzantine II according to pottery.
P. 144 of reports.
Only objects from this locus but reports generalize about kinds of objects.
The bones in locus 10 - "1 adult male, age over 25"
Description: Now broken - both pieces fit together. Overlap 0.5 cm.
Round cross section.
No decoration evident.
P. 144
40 individuals ranging from fetus to an adult 70 - 80 years old. Then bones of domestic animals (sheep, goats, donkeys)
Late Roman pottery -> heaviest use of cave for burials. Objects from this period: bone hairpin, needles, bronze rings, beads bracelets.
Bones were disarticulated because of making new graves. No robbery; secondary burials practices.
Arthritis, tooth wear.
Early Byzantine I and II produced ring with cross.
Caves for low socio-economic groups (wealthy - rock cut tombs)
No coffins; maybe linen shrouds, funerary objects were comparable to those placed in the tombs.
Ayyubid / Mamluk - domestic purposes. Small broach, beads, and crystal from this period. Crystal - earring, bracelet, or necklace piece.
Modern - temporary shelter.