Beth Sheʻarim: Avigad, N. Catacombs 12-23

apparently Arab Aramaic arch architectural arcosolia arcosolium attributed Avigad base benches Beth She'arim bones bottle breach Brown clay burial places carved cata Catacomb 20 cave cm high columns comb cophagi courtyard of catacomb cover debris deceased decorated disc discovered Dura-Europos eastern wall entrance excavations façade figurative art figures floor fourth century C.E. fragments garlands Gerasa glass vessels Goodenough Greek inscription hall Hebrew Hebrew inscriptions height hewn Ibid incised interred jamb Jerusalem Jewish Jews kokh kokhim lamps lead coffins lintel lions lulab marble sarcophagi Mazar menorah menoroth motif narrow side ossuary Palestine pattern Phoenicia Plate pottery QDAP Rabbi Rabbi Judah relief rhombi rock Roman rosette sarcoph sarcophagus scription Second Temple Sepphoris Sidon similar southern wall stone slabs Symbols synagogue Talmud Temple third century C.E. tion tomb robbers trough graves western wall wide שלרבי