Horbat Rimmon: Pottery and Small Finds

The assemblages in the caves included pottery vessels, mainly oil lamps, a few juglets and a cooking pot, as well as glass vessels (Gorin-Rosen, this volume) and several metal artifacts.The most significant and rich assemblage was in Cave 3, which was not looted like the other caves and contained a varied number of items. 1 One important aspect of this study concerns the great diversity of oil lamps, which indicates extensive economical and cultural interconnections. CAVE 2The finds consisted of two oil lamps (Fig. 1:1, 2), iron rings (Fig. 1:3), bronze bands (Fig. 1: 4), fragmentary iron nails (Fig. 1:5) and modern articles.The bands and nails, which had heavy trunks and wide heads, were probably fittings left from a large wooden box or a sarcophagus.The rings' bezels were badly corroded; whether they were decorated or were indeed ancient finds, could not be ascertained.The modern 1 5 4 2 3 Fig. 1.Pottery and small finds from Cave 2.