Tel Qana
Tel Qana (
Early, Middle, and Late Bronze Ages, Iron Age I–II, and the Persian, Roman, and Byzantine periods.[1]
Etymology
The Crusader name of the site was Filie de Comar. The site is mentioned in a boundary description in Hasseki Sultan imaret's endowment deed, dated to 1552. The name is listed as Tall bin muḫmārrecte /Tall il-muḫmār/ “the mound of Mukhmar.” Muḫmār might be an ancient Canaanite/Biblical Hebrew survival of mkmr “snare”.[2]
The modern Hebrew name of the site derives from Wadi Qana, near-which it stands.
Main finds
A sizable Late Bronze Age II cist
plastering, and east–west orientation is the main find at Tell Qana. A young adult's was found buried in the grave with funerary goods made of metal and ceramic. The ceramic vessels, which belong to the latter part of the Late Bronze Age II, are made locally. The distinctive elements of the cemetery, such as the excellent lime plaster, hint at the potential social standing of the deceased and imply influences from other civilizations, including Egyptian. But nothing related to Egypt turned up in this burial.[3]
References
- ^ "Tel Qana – Biblical Archaeology – Maps and Findings". Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Marom, Roy; Zadok, Ran (2023). "Early-Ottoman Palestinian Toponymy: A Linguistic Analysis of the (Micro-)Toponyms in Haseki Sultan's Endowment Deed (1552)". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 139 (2).
- ISSN 0792-8424.