TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP stone seals The status of

stone seals The status of the owner was reflected by the size as well as by the material of the seal

This attracted a Hebrew colony

including the kiddush ceremony

born between 5/10-

TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP stone seals The status ofBayt Nattif stood on the much traveled ancient road connecting Eleutheropolis (Beit Guvrin) with Jerusalem, about midway between the two towns. The city had been assigned the status of toparchy, one of eleven toparchies or prefectures in Judaea given certain administrative responsibilities, known in classical sources by the name Betholetepha. According to Josephus, the city was sacked under Vespasian and Titus, during the first Jewish uprising against