资讯
来源：Live Science
作者：Mindy Weisberger
时间：2017年3月21日
翻译：inasa
校对：曲清
链接：http://www.livescience.com/58342-1400-year-old-coins-israel.html
考古学家在一条通往耶路撒冷的高速公路附近的定居点遗迹中发现九枚拜占庭时期的铜币。（图片来源：YoliShwartz，由以色列文物管理局供图）
约1400年前，一个装有9枚铜币的袋子被小心地藏在一栋建筑的壁龛中，自那以后再也未被人发现。直至最近，考古学家在耶路撒冷以西约4英里（7公里）的EinHemed国家公园附近的一条高速公路进行扩建发掘时找到了它们，这些铜币才得以重见天日。
这些罕见的硬币可追溯至拜占庭时期，约公元7世纪。考古学家们在靠近倒塌巨石的一栋两层建筑中发现了它们。
发现这些硬币的建筑属于一处横跨高速公路两侧的大型遗址。硬币很可能是在危难时期遭原主人抛弃的财产。这场危难或许是公元614年的波斯入侵，它导致了拜占庭统治在该地区的终结。以色列文物管理局（IAA）代表在一份描述新发现的声明中提到。
主管发掘的IAA官员Annette Landes-Nagar在声明中说：“硬币的经历似乎是这样的：在一段危难时期，财物的主人将这些硬币放在一个布制钱包中，并将钱包藏在隐匿于墙壁中的壁龛里。”
“他或许曾打算取回这些硬币。但现在我们得知，他并没能做到这一点。”Landes-Nagar说。
发掘区域以及发现硬币的倒塌墙壁。（图片来源：Maxim Dinstein，由以色列文物管理局供图）
IAA透露，这些硬币上刻有三位拜占庭皇帝的形象：查士丁尼一世（公元483至565年）、摩里士（公元539至602年）以及弗卡斯（公元547至610年），穿戴战斗装束并携带十字架。硬币的面值数字与字母“M”一同被刻在背面。
大约一年前，考古学家在对高速公路周围的发掘中曾发现过一座拜占庭教堂。专家们怀疑该地或许是曾名为“Einbikumakube”的历史遗迹。这个词反映在附近一座阿拉伯村庄的名字上，它被称为“BeitNaquba”。
犹太区考古学家AmitShadman在声明中如是说，IAA及Netivei Israel（负责发展交通基础设施的国家公司）将合作保全并保护这座遗迹，准备将它打造成一座地标。
原文：
Bronze Coins Engraved with Byzantine Emperors Found in Israel
Phone 1: Nine bronze coins dating to the Byzantine period were found in the remains of a settlement near a highway to Jerusalem. Credit: YoliShwartz, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Photo 2: The excavation area and the collapsed wall where the coin hoard was found. Credit: Maxim Dinstein, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
About 1,400 years ago in Israel, a bag holding nine bronze coins was carefully hidden inside a niche in a building's wall. Untouched since then, the coin cache recently emerged during excavations for a highway expansion near EinHemed, a national park located about 4 miles (7 kilometers) west of Jerusalem.
The rare coins date to the Byzantine period, approximately the seventh century. Archaeologists discovered them inside a two-story building, near large stones that had collapsed.
The structure where the coins were found is part of a larger site that encompasses land on both sides of the highway. It likely represents property that was abandoned by the owners during a time of danger, possibly the Persian invasion in A.D. 614, which brought an end to Byzantine rule in the area, Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) representatives said in a statement describing the new discoveries.
'It seems that during a time of danger, the owner of the hoard placed the coins in a cloth purse that he concealed inside a hidden niche in the wall,' Annette Landes-Nagar, the IAA director of the excavation, said in the statement.
'He probably hoped to go back and collect it, but today we know that he was unable to do so,' Landes-Nagar said.
The coins are printed with the images of three Byzantine emperors: Justinian (A.D. 483 to 565), Maurice (A.D. 539 to 602) and Phocas (A.D. 547 to 610). The imperial figures are dressed for battle and carrying crosses, and the coins' denominations are printed on the reverse sides, along with the letter 'M,' according to IAA representatives.
About a year ago, excavations across the highway revealed the remains of a Byzantine church. Experts suspected that it was once a historic settlement called Einbikumakube, a word that echoes in the present name of a nearby Arab village, called BeitNaquba.
The IAA and Netivei Israel, the national company responsible for developing transportation infrastructure, will collaborate to conserve the site and protect it as a landmark, AmitShadman, the district archaeologist for Judah, said in the statement.
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资讯
来源：Live Science
作者：Mindy Weisberger
时间：2017年3月21日
翻译：inasa
校对：曲清
链接：http://www.livescience.com/58342-1400-year-old-coins-israel.html
考古学家在一条通往耶路撒冷的高速公路附近的定居点遗迹中发现九枚拜占庭时期的铜币。（图片来源：YoliShwartz，由以色列文物管理局供图）
约1400年前，一个装有9枚铜币的袋子被小心地藏在一栋建筑的壁龛中，自那以后再也未被人发现。直至最近，考古学家在耶路撒冷以西约4英里（7公里）的EinHemed国家公园附近的一条高速公路进行扩建发掘时找到了它们，这些铜币才得以重见天日。
这些罕见的硬币可追溯至拜占庭时期，约公元7世纪。考古学家们在靠近倒塌巨石的一栋两层建筑中发现了它们。
发现这些硬币的建筑属于一处横跨高速公路两侧的大型遗址。硬币很可能是在危难时期遭原主人抛弃的财产。这场危难或许是公元614年的波斯入侵，它导致了拜占庭统治在该地区的终结。以色列文物管理局（IAA）代表在一份描述新发现的声明中提到。
主管发掘的IAA官员Annette Landes-Nagar在声明中说：“硬币的经历似乎是这样的：在一段危难时期，财物的主人将这些硬币放在一个布制钱包中，并将钱包藏在隐匿于墙壁中的壁龛里。”
“他或许曾打算取回这些硬币。但现在我们得知，他并没能做到这一点。”Landes-Nagar说。
发掘区域以及发现硬币的倒塌墙壁。（图片来源：Maxim Dinstein，由以色列文物管理局供图）
IAA透露，这些硬币上刻有三位拜占庭皇帝的形象：查士丁尼一世（公元483至565年）、摩里士（公元539至602年）以及弗卡斯（公元547至610年），穿戴战斗装束并携带十字架。硬币的面值数字与字母“M”一同被刻在背面。
大约一年前，考古学家在对高速公路周围的发掘中曾发现过一座拜占庭教堂。专家们怀疑该地或许是曾名为“Einbikumakube”的历史遗迹。这个词反映在附近一座阿拉伯村庄的名字上，它被称为“BeitNaquba”。
犹太区考古学家AmitShadman在声明中如是说，IAA及Netivei Israel（负责发展交通基础设施的国家公司）将合作保全并保护这座遗迹，准备将它打造成一座地标。
原文：
Bronze Coins Engraved with Byzantine Emperors Found in Israel
Phone 1: Nine bronze coins dating to the Byzantine period were found in the remains of a settlement near a highway to Jerusalem. Credit: YoliShwartz, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Photo 2: The excavation area and the collapsed wall where the coin hoard was found. Credit: Maxim Dinstein, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
About 1,400 years ago in Israel, a bag holding nine bronze coins was carefully hidden inside a niche in a building's wall. Untouched since then, the coin cache recently emerged during excavations for a highway expansion near EinHemed, a national park located about 4 miles (7 kilometers) west of Jerusalem.
The rare coins date to the Byzantine period, approximately the seventh century. Archaeologists discovered them inside a two-story building, near large stones that had collapsed.
The structure where the coins were found is part of a larger site that encompasses land on both sides of the highway. It likely represents property that was abandoned by the owners during a time of danger, possibly the Persian invasion in A.D. 614, which brought an end to Byzantine rule in the area, Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) representatives said in a statement describing the new discoveries.
'It seems that during a time of danger, the owner of the hoard placed the coins in a cloth purse that he concealed inside a hidden niche in the wall,' Annette Landes-Nagar, the IAA director of the excavation, said in the statement.
'He probably hoped to go back and collect it, but today we know that he was unable to do so,' Landes-Nagar said.
The coins are printed with the images of three Byzantine emperors: Justinian (A.D. 483 to 565), Maurice (A.D. 539 to 602) and Phocas (A.D. 547 to 610). The imperial figures are dressed for battle and carrying crosses, and the coins' denominations are printed on the reverse sides, along with the letter 'M,' according to IAA representatives.
About a year ago, excavations across the highway revealed the remains of a Byzantine church. Experts suspected that it was once a historic settlement called Einbikumakube, a word that echoes in the present name of a nearby Arab village, called BeitNaquba.
The IAA and Netivei Israel, the national company responsible for developing transportation infrastructure, will collaborate to conserve the site and protect it as a landmark, AmitShadman, the district archaeologist for Judah, said in the statement.
END