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Bagatti Kopp Description # Movable
# # data / location kokhim Finds?
— 1 Discovered 1935. 6 —
— 2 Large tomb. Had rolling stone. 13 —
72 3 “Richmond” tomb 9 √
Another kokh tomb could have abutted this one (Kopp 1938:194)
— 4 Once connected to nos. 3 & 5? 6 —
— 5 Has stone ledge. 16 —
70 6 “Laham” tomb (
Exc
. Fig. 192) 13 √
Had rolling stone.
73 7 Sisters of Nazareth (2 chambers) 7+ —
Rolling stone.
—(!) 8 Unfinished. 1+ —
74 9 “A classic kokhim tomb” (Kopp) 10 —
— 10 Destroyed. ? —
76 12 Greatly damaged. 6 —
77 13 Large kokh complex. 24+ —
— 14 Trough tomb. 2 —
79 15 With graffiti (Bagatti:1967b). 12 —
— 16 Made into cistern (filled in) 14 —
— 17 (No plan available.) 8 —
78 18 One chamber destroyed. 6+ —
— 19 Destroyed. (Contiguous tombs?) 4+ —
— 20 Sunken graves (“
Senkgräber
”) 2+ —
— 21 Unspecified no. of sunken graves. ? —
(“Many similar [
unexcavated
] tombs” nearby [Kopp 1938:204])
71 22 4 chambers (largest tomb in basin). Many √
Bagatti: “A description is wanting” (
Exc
.240). When Kopp visited the site, he wrote that a rolling stone sealed the still unexplored 4
th
chamber.
— 23 Largely destroyed. 8 —
27(!) — Under CA. (Kopp 1938:196–97) 5+ —
29(!) — Under CA. ? —
o/p(!) — Under CA. 2+ —
— — El Batris St. (ESI 18[1998]:32). 5+ √
(3–4 chambers. Sparse finds.)
Appendix 5:
Independent Datings of Nazareth Lamps and Pottery
A.
Rosenthal and Sivan 1978 (RS)
An asterisk signifies that the lamp is also dated by Fernandez 1982.
• RS 81 “Herodian lamp”: 4 bow-spouted oil lamps (
Exc
: 239 & fig. 192:6*;
Exc
. Fig. 233:1, 2, 3* on pp. 300, 305, 307, and fig. 235:3–4
[796]
on p. 304). à
c
. 25 BCE–
c
. 150 CE
[797]
• RS 85 “Mould-made lamp”: 4 “Darom” lamps (QDAP 1 [1932], pl. 34:2 lower right
[798]
;
Exc
. pp. 239 and fig. 192:7*, 8*, 9*on p. 238).
[799]
à
c
. 70 CE–
c
. 135 CE.
• RS 89 “Round lamps with decorated discus”: 4 Middle Roman lamps (QDAP 1 [1932], pl. 34:2 upper row left and right;
Exc
. pp. 239 nos. 13–14
[800]
and fig. 192 on p. 238). à
c
. 50 CE–III CE
• RS 100 “Lamps of the third and fourth centuries”: 1 Roman lamp
(
Exc
. pp. 239:12 and fig. 192:12 on p. 238). à III–IV CE
• RS 111 “Ovoid lamps with low relief decoration on the rim and discus”:
3 Roman lamps (
Exc
. fig. 235:17, 18, 20*). à III–IV CE
• RS 112 “Bi-lanceolate lamps”: 2 Roman lamps
(
Exc
. fig. 81*, left; fig. 235:21). à III–IV CE
• RS 120 “Large lamps: Radiated decoration”: 1 lamp
(
Exc
. fig. 234:17). à VI CE “at the earliest”
• RS 138 “Lamps with linear pattern”: 1 lamp
(
Exc
. fig. 234:27). à VI CE+
• RS 137 “Mameluke lamp”: 1 lamp
(
Exc
. fig. 234:14). à XIII–XIV CE
B.
Fernandez 1982
(An asterisk signifies that the lamp is also dated by
Rosenthal and Sivan 1978.)
[801]
Oil lamps
Page
Type
Date
32, 63 The “Hellenistic nozzle” L 1 Uncertain.
[802]
(
Exc
. fig. 192:15)
33 Bow-spouted lamp L 3.2 15 BCE–60 CE
[803]
(
Exc
. fig. 192:6*)
34 Bow-spouted lamp L 3.4b 40 CE–80 CE
[804]
(
Exc
. fig. 233:3*)
36 Bow-spouted lamp L 7 70–115 CE
(
Exc
. fig. 192:10)
36 Bow-spouted lamp L 8.1 80–140 CE
(Berytus 14/2 [1963], n. 516)
37 3 lamps “Darom” L 8.2 80–140 CE
(
Exc
. fig. 192:7*, 8*, 9*)
37 Roman lamp L 9.1a 50–130 CE
(
Exc
. fig. 235:9b)
38 2 Roman lamps L 9.1c 100–260 CE
(
Exc
. fig. 192:13, 14)
39 3 Roman lamps L 10.2 130–340 CE
(
Exc
. fig. 235:10. 11. 13)
40 2 Roman lamps L 12 275–360 CE
(
Exc
. figs. 81* and 235:21)
41 Roman lamp L 14 260–350 CE
(
Exc
. fig. 235:20*)
41 Roman lamp L 15 230–330 CE
(
Exc
. fig. 192:12)Pottery
C.
Bagatti
Excavations
Page
Artefact
figure #
Type
Date
108 Jar (217:4) T 1.5 60
BCE
–70
CE
[805]
112 Flask (220:6) T 5.1 80
CE
–290
CE
[806]
115 Jug (192:20) T 8.3 70
CE
–300
CE
Jug (192:22) T 8.4 40
BCE
–210
CE
[807]
119 Cooking pot (192:26) T 10.5 70
BCE
–70
CE
12
120 2 cooking pots (192:18; 224:7) T 10.6a 50
CE
–180
CE
Cooking pot (224:8) T 10.6b 150
CE
–300
CE
121 Cooking pot (224:9) T 10.6c 260
CE
–360
CE
Cooking pot (224:3) T 10.6d 250
CE
–360
CE
124 Kettle (224:10) T 12.2 120
CE
–300
CE
126 Pan (226:1) T 15.1c 200
CE
–360
CE
127 Pan (226:4) T 15.2a 50
CE
–170
CE
Pan (226:2) T 15.2b 150
CE
–250
CE
