NESHER-RAMLA 2006 B

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Location

City

Ramla [רַמְלָה; ‎الرملة]

County

Region

Central [מְחוֹז הַמֶּרְכָּז; المنطقة الوسطى]

Country

Israel

Lat/Long/Alt

31.932 / 34.873 / 82.35 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

"The archaeological site of Nesher-Ramla (el-Khirbe) is located in the Lod valley within the boundaries of the Nesher-Ramla cement factory" (Farhi and Melamed 2014, 109).

Information

7813

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/7813

Hoard name

NESHER-RAMLA 2006 B

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2006

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 65 bronze coins dated between 294-283 BC and AD 117-138.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Built over
Finder(s)

Shlomo Kol-Ya‘akov
Comment

Hoard B (Hiding Complex F-423)
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

117
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

138
Opening year (earliest)

-294
Opening year (latest)

-283
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Rating comment

Coin level data available in Farhi and Melamed 2014.
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

2006
Date of excavation (to)

2014
Natural features

Hiding Complex
Site comment

"Hiding Complex F-423 (Melamed, in preparation) consists of a circular entrance shaft (S97) and two circular rooms. Shaft S97, about 0.8 m diameter, leads down from the surface to a depth of about 1.8 m. The shaft was found full of earth and the hoard was excavated in its lower part, some 20–30 cm above the floor. Two openings in the sides of Shaft S97 lead into two rooms. Room S98 was covered with non-hydraulic gray plaster, probably to create better conditions for storing agricultural products. The simplicity and small size of Room S98 therefore suggests it functioned as an underground storage and hiding place for agricultural products rather than for human habitation" (Farhi and Melamed 2014, 113).
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural