Philitine tomb at Tell el-Far'ah South
from Amnon Ben-Tor (ed.),
The Archaeology of Ancient Israel, pg. 279
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Further remains can be attributed to the Persian period, among them
several poor remains of private houses and a public building with a large
courtyard. In the Roman period the site served again as a border fortress.
As no coins and no pottery later than the 1st century CE were found, it
is evident that the site was not settled after that time.
More than 350 tombs from all periods were excavated in the cemeteries
around the site. Among the tombs are Philistine burials with anthropoid
sarcophagi and a Persian period tomb with reamins of furniture. A rich
collection of small finds from the tombs includes a great quantity of pottery,
scarabs, weapons, and jewelry; this is regrettable since the published
pottery drawings are rather poor. |
