The tombs (T1–T8; 1.0–1.5 m below surface; Table 1; Fig. 2), oriented northwest–southeast, were dug in loess soil with numerous limestone concretions and covered with roughly or semi-hewn qirton and kurkar building stones (0.25–0.40 × 0.55–0.70 m). In addition to unlined pit graves, the likes of which had been previously exposed (HA-ESI 114), cist tombs lined with narrow stones (0.2 × 0.4 m), some of which were double tombs, were discovered. Fragments of pottery vessels, probably funerary offerings or left behind after ceremonial meals, were discovered above and near the tombs.
 
Table 1. The Tombs.
Tomb
Type
Dimensions (m)
Fig.
Accompanying Artifacts
1
Pit
0.55 × 1.30
 
 
2
Cist or pit, double
0.7 × 1.8
3
Cooking pot (L114; Fig. 4:5)
3
Cist
0.65 × 1.75
 
 
4
Pit
0.65 × 1.85
 
Gaza jar
5
Pit
0.65 × 1.85
 
Cooking pot, Gaza jars (L112; Fig. 4:9), fragments of Gaza jars between covering stones
6
Cist, double
1.7 × 2.0;
each cell: 0.65 × 1.3
5
Bowl rim, CRSW Form 1 (L115; Fig. 4:2); krater, Gaza jars of 2 types (L109; Fig. 4:4, 7; L113; Fig. 4:8, 10
7
Pit
0.65–0.75 × 1.85
 
 
8
Cist, double
Length c. 2; eastern cell: 0.7 × c. 1.5; western cell: length 1.9
 
Gaza jars, a few bowls and cooking pots (L111; Fig. 4:6)
 
A fragment of an Eastern Terra Sigillata bowl from the Roman period (Fig. 4:1) and a Late Roman C, Form B bowl (Fig. 4:3), dating to the Byzantine period, were found above the tombs (L101, L102) and not were not associated with them.