Table 1 Context, dating, and corresponding sample IDs of the stepped pools sampled

From: Plasters from Jewish ritual purification baths in Late Hellenistic–Early Roman Palestine: composition, production areas, and anthropogenic residues

Site

Feature

Context

Date

Corresponding sample IDs

Horvat ‘Ethri

stepped pool XI

Public

first half 1st—early 2nd c. CE

ETH1–4

Horvat ‘Ethri

stepped pool XIII

Domestic

first half 1st—early 2nd c. CE (?)

ETH5–8

Horvat ‘Ethri

complex XV

Public

Hasmonean—early Roman

ETH9; cistern (ETH10–11)

Sepphoris

SP2 (L85.3226)

Domestic

mid 1st—early 2nd c. CE

SEP1–3

Sepphoris

SP4 (L84.4191)

Domestic

early 1st—early- to mid-2nd c. CE

SEP3–6

Sepphoris

SP8 (L84.1186)

Domestic

1st c. CE

SEP7–11

Sepphoris

SP17 (L84.2043)

Domestic

1st c. CE – 2nd to 4th c. CE

SEP12–14

Gamla

L1060

Public(?), near synagogue

1st c. CE (?)

GAM1–2; reservoir L1062 (GAM3), channel L1024 (GAM4)

Gamla

L1293

Domestic

early 1st – late 1st c. BCE

GAM5

Gamla

L3105

Domestic

1st c. BCE

GAM6–9

Yodefat

no. 1

Domestic

1st c. CE (?)

YOD1–3; cistern YOD4

Yodefat

no. 2

Domestic

1st c. BCE (?)

YOD5–6

Keren Naftali

Sq. D

Uncertain, in fortress

late 2nd c. BCE—mid 1st c. CE

NAF1–4