Cementary Complete

ID: 135

Building type: tomb

Context:

rural

Site:

Inscriptions:

217 , 218 , 219

Description:

Although none was recorded in its original context, several inscribed marble headstones may have been recovered at el-Mughar, near Khirbet Habra. These pieces likely originated in nearby burial caves, and two have been identified with certainty as pertaining to the Jewish community. For further discussion, see: Fischer, M., Taxel, I., and Amit, D. 2008. Rural Settlement in the Vicinity of Yavneh in the Byzantine Period: A Religio-Archaeological Perspective, BASOR 350, 18–20.