In September 2017, a salvage excavation was conducted in Be’er Sheva‘ (Permit No. A-8090; map ref. 181399–530/575031–251; Fig. 1), prior to the construction of Ben-Gurion University’s northern campus. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and financed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, was directed by D. Eisenberg-Degen, with the assistance of A. Levy-Hevroni (area supervision and consultation), S. Drachman (assistant area supervisor), Y. Al-‘Amor (administration), Y. Shmidov (surveying and drafting), A. Azoulay (plan), E. Aladjem (aerial photography), A. Tamir (scientific consultation), S. Shaked (3D modeling), T. Winter (glass), C. Hersch (glass drawing) and I. Lidsky-Reznikov (pottery drawing).
Davida Eisenberg-Degen (Wed,) studied this question.