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Kharruba (Haruba) is mentioned in the [[Copper Scroll]], the only one of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] engraved on copper rather than written on parchment. The document is said to provide clues to the whereabouts of the legendary treasures of the Jewish Temple in [[Jerusalem]]. The scroll states: "In the ruin (Hurba) that is in the valley of Achor, under/the steps, with the entrance at the East,/a distance of 40 cubits: a strongbox of silver and its vessels / with a weight of 17 talents." In consequence, many treasure hunters have flocked to Haruba over the years.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/no-gold-in-them-hills-1.417506 No gold in them hills, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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In 2012, five suspected antiquities robbers were caught at Kharruba, after damaging a [[mikveh]] (ritual bath) dating to the [[Second Temple]] period and trenches used as hiding places during the [[Bar Kokhba]] rebellion.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/no-gold-in-them-hills-1.417506 No gold in them hills, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:01, 28 October 2012
Template:Infobox former Arab villages in Palestine
Kharruba was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 12, 1948 by the Yiftach Brigade which reported that it had blown up the houses and "cleared the village".[1] It was located 8 km east of Ramla.
In the 1860s, Victor Guérin described the village as a hamlet of a few huts. He noticed the remains of a medieval fort and suggested it might be the Crusader castle Arnaldi.[2] The following decade, the Survey of Western Palestine found only ruins.[3]
At the time of the 1931 census, Kharruba had 21 occupied houses and a population of 119 Muslims.[4] In 1945 the village had a population of 170.[5]
In 1993, the site consisted of stony rubble overgrown with vegetation.[6]
Archaeology
Kharruba (Haruba) is mentioned in the Copper Scroll, the only one of the Dead Sea Scrolls engraved on copper rather than written on parchment. The document is said to provide clues to the whereabouts of the legendary treasures of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The scroll states: "In the ruin (Hurba) that is in the valley of Achor, under/the steps, with the entrance at the East,/a distance of 40 cubits: a strongbox of silver and its vessels / with a weight of 17 talents." In consequence, many treasure hunters have flocked to Haruba over the years.[7]
In 2012, five suspected antiquities robbers were caught at Kharruba, after damaging a mikveh (ritual bath) dating to the Second Temple period and trenches used as hiding places during the Bar Kokhba rebellion.[8]
References
- ^ Morris (2004). p. 435.
{{cite book}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ M. V. Guérin (1868). Description géographique, historique et archéologique de la Palestine. Vol. Judée I. Paris. p. 317–318.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) However, the modern identification of Arnaldi is Yalo. (Denys Pringle (1991). "Survey of Castles in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1989: Preliminary Report". Levant. XXIII: 87–91.) - ^ C. R. Conder and H. H. Kitchener (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine. Vol. III. London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 104.
- ^ E. Mills, ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. p. 21.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p170. [1]
- ^ Khalidi (1993), p. 388
- ^ No gold in them hills, Haaretz
- ^ No gold in them hills, Haaretz
Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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