September 27, 2025

Appendix 1: Glass Finds of the Byzantine–Umayyad Periods from Ashqelon, Barne‘a (West)

Key Points

The excavation uncovered glass finds from the Byzantine and Umayyad periods, enhancing our understanding of historical trade routes.
Details of the excavation included multiple specialists, with contributions to glass restoration, pottery photography, and numismatic analysis.
Conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority, this salvage excavation was crucial for preserving archaeological artifacts near a modern shoreline.
The project involved several advanced techniques such as digital scanning and drone photography to document the finds during the excavation.

Abstract

In September 2019, a salvage excavation was conducted near the seashore in the northern part of Ashqelon (Permit No. A-8595; map ref. 158843–921/622203–70; Fig. 1). The excavation, conducted on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Ashqelon Municipality, was directed by D. Eisenberg-Degen (field photography), with the assistance of Y. Alamor (administration), M. Kahan (surveying and drafting) E. Aladjem (drone photography), A. Azoulay (drafting), S. Ganor (metal detection), E. Gyrman-Levanon (digital scanning), T. Winter (glass finds; see Appendix 1), A. Ganor (glass restoration), C. Hersch (glass drawings), D. Gazit (glass and pottery photography), I. Reznitsky (metal lab), R. Kool, L. Sandberg and I. Baidoun (coin identification), H. Sokolov (numismatic report; see Appendix 2) and N. Lect Ben Ami (study of imported red-slip bowls).

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