003) Abu el-‘Alayiq North, Tell area: Columbarium Tower
[PADIS code 0155]
Arabic: تلول أبو العلايق الشمالي: برج الكولمباريوم
Site location: Lat. +31° 51' 20.59" N; Long. +35° 25' 50.40" E.
Site extension: outer diameter 10.9 m (0.093 dunams).
State of preservation: preserved.
Occupational periods: Hellenistic, Roman.
Plates: I, VI, XXI.
Hellenistic Period
Site typology: tower.
Public architecture: tower.
Material culture: pottery.
Bibliography: Netzer 2001, 335; 2004, 32-34.
Roman Period (Herodian Period)
Site typology: tower.
Public architecture: tower.
Material culture: pottery.
Bibliography: Netzer 2004, 32-34.
Bibliography
| Netzer, E. | |
| 2001 | Hasmonean and Herodian Palaces at Jericho: Final Reports of the 1973-1987 Excavations. Volume I: Stratigraphy and Architecture, Jerusalem 2001 (in particular p. 335). |
| 2004 | "The Royal Estate", in E. Netzer - R. Laureys-Chachy - Y. Meshorer (eds.), Hasmonean and Herodian Palaces at Jericho. Final Reports of the 1973-1987 Excavations Volume II: Stratigraphy and Architecture, Jerusalem 2004, pp. 3-38 (in particular p. 33). |