WADI MURABBA'AT

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Israel

Lat/Long/Alt

31.588 / 35.373 / -60.82 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

7690

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Hoard name

WADI MURABBA'AT

Alternative names

Nahal Darga, Murabba’at

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1952

Total number of coins

227

Summary

The hoard comprised at least 227 silver coins: 119 Nabatean denarii, 14 provincial tetradrachms of Antioch, 5 didrachms reattributed to Antioch (Trajan), 5 tridrachms and 33 drachms of Trjan reattributed to an Arabian mint, and 51 imperial denarii, down to AD 122.

The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Israel Antiquities Authority (108), Ecole Biblique, Amman Museum
Finder(s)

M. G. Lankester Harding
Comment

The hoard was purchased in Jerusalem in 1952. Mandate Period Hoard Documentation at the Israel Antiquities Authority. IAA R.H.24 "Murabba'at, Wadi".
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

119
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

122
Opening year (earliest)

-9
Opening year (latest)

-9
Coin-level data

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The coin data of this hoard have not yet been validated and therefore are not yet visible.

Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

Coin level data available in Milik and Seyrig 1958.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Milik, J. T. and Seyrig, H. - 1958 - Le trésor monétaire de Murabba'ât

Reference

Kadman, L. - 1967 - The Monetary Development in Palestine in the Light of Coin Hoards

Ref

No. 40

Comment

"Murabba'at"- coin grouping

Reference

1976 - Coin Hoards: volume II

Ref

p. 36, no. 142

Reference

Mildenberg, L. - 1984 - The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War

Ref

No. 5, p. 55

Comment

"Murabba'at 1952". Check details of hoard.

Reference

Waner, M. - 1998 - Roman and Byzantine Coin Hoards From the Land of Israel. Catalogue and Analysis (in Hebrew)

Reference

Waner, M. and Safrai, Z. - 2001 - A Catalogue of Coin Hoards and the Shelf Life of Coins in Palestine Hoards During the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Ref

No. 18

Comment

"Murabba’at" 213 AR, AD 20-132

Reference

RPC III

Ref

p. 436

J. Goldman (27.07.16), based on Mandate Period Hoard Documentation at the Israel Antiquities Authority. IAA R.H.24 "Murabba'at, Wadi". Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2022). Coin-level data (denarii: Trajan-Hadrian) added by M. Ball (August 2022). RPC reference added by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2022).

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