Bayt Nattif

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Bayt Nattif

Bayt Nattif after capture, 1948
Bayt Nattif
Arabic
Subdistrict Hebron
Coordinates 31°41′43.9″N 34°59′45.6″E / 31.695528°N 34.996000°E / 31.695528; 34.996000Coordinates: 31°41′43.9″N 34°59′45.6″E / 31.695528°N 34.996000°E / 31.695528; 34.996000
Population 2150 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation October 21, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces

Bayt Nattif was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948 under Operation ha-Har. It was located 21 km northwest of Hebron.[citation needed]

In 1945 it had a population of 2,150. Bayt Nattif contained several shrines, including a notable one dedicated to al-Shaykh Ibrahim. [citation needed] Roughly a dozen khirbas lay in the vicinity.[citation needed]

Figurine discovered in Beit Natif

The Beit Natif lamp[2] is named for a type of ceramic oil lamp found during the archaeological excavation of two cisterns at Beit Natif in southern Judaea.[3]Beit Natif was located 20 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, midway between Beit Guvrin and Jerusalem. Based on the discovery of unused oil lamps and molds, it is believed that in ancient times the village manufactured late Roman or Byzantine pottery, possibly selling its wares in Jerusalem and Beit Guvrin.[4]

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Further reading

Boaz Zissu & Eitan Klein, "A Rock-Cut Burial Cave from the Roman Period at Beit Nattif, Judaean Foothills," Israel Exploration Journal 61(2), 2011, pp. 196-216

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