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The aim is to analyze and categorize glass finds from the Late Byzantine–Umayyad periods in Jerusalem.

April 29, 2026

Glass Finds of the Late Byzantine–Umayyad Periods from the Byzantine-Period Street (Area S2), Jerusalem

Key Points

The aim is to analyze and categorize glass finds from the Late Byzantine–Umayyad periods in Jerusalem.
Excavated glass artifacts from Area S2 of the Byzantine-period street
Identified and documented various types of glass items
Compared findings with contemporaneous glass corpora from Jerusalem
Most glass finds date to the late Byzantine–Umayyad periods
Includes bowls, wineglasses, bottles, jugs, lamps, and a tessera
Notable unique design of a multi-sided vessel with rare documentation

Abstract

Most of the glass finds recovered from Area S2 of the paved Byzantine-period street, south of the Temple Mount, date to the late Byzantine–Umayyad periods. These finds include various bowls, wineglasses and bottles, many of which are decorated with applied and fused-in trails, as well as jugs, lamps, windowpanes and a single tessera. The glass vessels and artifacts are characteristic of the period, and they reflect conventions observed in other contemporaneous glass corpora from Jerusalem and its environs. Nonetheless, a multi-sided vessel with a rather uncommon design is noteworthy, as very few examples of this type have been documented in scientific excavations.

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