Khirbet el-Qom

Khirbet el-Qom
	One of the burial inscription from the site
	Shown within the West Bank
Location	al-Kum, West Bank, Palestine
Coordinates	31°32′4.98″N 34°57′59.63″E / 31.5347167°N 34.9665639°E
History
Founded	20 BCE
Periods	Early Bronze Age - Hellenistic period
Cultures	Canaanite, Israelite, Edomite, Second Temple Judaism
Site notes
Excavation dates	1967-8
Archaeologists	William G. Dever
Condition	In ruins
Public access	yes

Khirbet el-Qom (Arabic: خربة الكوم) is an archaeological site in the village of al-Kum, West Bank, in the territory of the biblical Kingdom of Judah, between Lachish and Hebron, 14 km (8.7 mi) to the west of the latter.

Remains from the site dating to the Second Temple period include hundreds of Aramaic ostraca,^[1] what appears to be a 4th-century BCE shrine dedicated to Yahweh,^[2] and a burial cave featuring Hebrew inscriptions dating from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE.^[3]

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