ḤORBAT ẒALIT 1983-1984

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Location

City

Meitar [מֵיתָר]

County

Region

Southern [מחוז הדרום‎; لواء الجنوب]

Country

Israel

Lat/Long/Alt

31.327 / 34.943 / 421.5 view

Find spot comment

c. 1.5 km southeast of Meitar.

Information

7702

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https://129.67.241.168/hoard/7702

Hoard name

ḤORBAT ẒALIT 1983-1984

Alternative names

Khirbet es-Salantah, Horvat Salit

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1983

(to)

1984

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 60 silver coins from the reigns of Nero to Hadrian, deposited during the Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-136). These coins were: 42 denarii (Vespasian to Hadrian), 10 tetradrachms and 1 tridrachm from Antioch (Nero to Trajan), 6 tridrachms and 1 drachm of Trajan from Arabia.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA 23744-23803)
Finder(s)

David Alon and Peter Fabian (IAA)
Comment

"Group C: The Silver Hoard" Alon 1986: 96 Horvat Salit. ESI 5: 94-96
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

128
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

129
Opening year (earliest)

60
Opening year (latest)

61
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

1983
Date of excavation (to)

1984
Site comment

The hoard was discovered in Room 7 of the courtyard building of the "fortress". A plan of the building is provided in Bijovsky 2000, 156.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Military

Context

Fort

Depositional context

Floor

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Waner, M. - 1998 - Roman and Byzantine Coin Hoards From the Land of Israel. Catalogue and Analysis (in Hebrew)

Reference

Bijovsky, G. - 2000 - The Coins From Ḥorbat Ẓalit

Ref

180-189

Reference

Waner, M. and Safrai, Z. - 2001 - A Catalogue of Coin Hoards and the Shelf Life of Coins in Palestine Hoards During the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Ref

No. 126

Comment

"Kh. Zalit I"

Reference

RPC III

Ref

p. 436

J. Goldman (December 2016). Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2022). Coin-level data (denarii; Trajan-Hadrian) added by M. Ball (August 2022). RPC reference and provincial coins revised by M. Spoerri (Aug. 22).

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