Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win
An excavation on Nordau Street in Lod, led by the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Lod Municipality, uncovered a public building from the Late Roman—Early Byzantine period that suffered violent destruction.
The foundations of the building held 94 silver and bronze coins dating between 221—354 CE. The coins were deliberately placed there in the hopes of collecting them upon the owner’s return when the situation would calm.
The latest coins are dated from the time of the Gallus Revolt (351-354 CE). Though written evidence is sparse regarding this revolt, there are texts reporting that major Jewish communities such as Lod, Zipori and Tiberias were destroyed by the forces of Roman Ceasar Flavius Constantinus Gallus.
Among the various finds in the building were impressive stone and marble artifacts; Greek, Hebrew and Latin inscriptions, and one inscription bearing the name of a Jewish man from a priestly family, which is still being studied.
These inscriptions, coupled with the complete absence of pig bones from the bone assemblage uncovered in this site, attest to this building’s association with the Jewish community.
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The foundations of the building held 94 silver and bronze coins dating between 221—354 CE. The coins were deliberately placed there in the hopes of collecting them upon the owner’s return when the situation would calm.
The latest coins are dated from the time of the Gallus Revolt (351-354 CE). Though written evidence is sparse regarding this revolt, there are texts reporting that major Jewish communities such as Lod, Zipori and Tiberias were destroyed by the forces of Roman Ceasar Flavius Constantinus Gallus.
Among the various finds in the building were impressive stone and marble artifacts; Greek, Hebrew and Latin inscriptions, and one inscription bearing the name of a Jewish man from a priestly family, which is still being studied.
These inscriptions, coupled with the complete absence of pig bones from the bone assemblage uncovered in this site, attest to this building’s association with the Jewish community.
Israeli Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of Last Jewish Revolt Against the Romans
Lod was a most significant Jews center in the aftermath of the Second Temple’s destruction in Jerusalem.
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