Dabbura; Kfar Devora; Khirbet Deborah; Dabura Complete

Description

The identification of a “synagogue” on the site plan remains ambiguous: the label could refer either to the building known by surveyors as the “House of Capitals” or to the mosque in which a lintel from the Beit Midrash was reused. Within the “House of Capitals,” two fragments—likely from an architrave or lintel and bearing an Aramaic inscription—are set into the southern wall of the western house. Across the settlement, later domestic structures incorporate earlier architectural components, including thresholds, doorjambs, and lintels. Notably, the two houses at the western edge are constructed almost entirely from ancient ashlar blocks. Topographically, the village extends along a ravine-like watercourse, its built fabric aligned with the canyon-shaped stream channel. Further reading: http://survey.antiquities.org.il/index_Eng.html#/MapSurvey/1113/site/16439 Milson, D.W. 2007. Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine. In the Shadow of the Church, Leiden, 339–340. https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/dabura/