Horvat Maon (western Negev)

For the Maʿon (ruin) in Galilee, see Bethmaus. For the Maʿon (ruin) in Judah, see Horvat Maon (Hebron Hills).

Horvat Maʿon (Hebrew) or Tell Maʿin / Khirbet el-Maʿin[1] (Arabic) is an archaeological site located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Gaza, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of Kibbutz Nirim in the Negev, the arid southern portion of Israel; in the Roman period, the site is thought to have formed the western boundary of the Limes Palaestinae.[2]

  1. ^ Negev & Gibson (2005), p. 314
  2. ^ Chiat, Marilyn J. (2020), "Limes Palaestinae", Handbook of Synagogue Architecture, Providence, R.I.: Brown Judaic Studies, p. 243, doi:10.2307/j.ctvzpv521.14, ISBN 978-1-946527-75-2, JSTOR j.ctvzpv521.14