4th century CE Earthquake
Erickson-Gini (2010:87–88) reports that Avbat/Oboda
"sustained some damage in the
363 earthquake".
In the Roman/ Byzantine Residential Quarter,
Erickson-Gini (2010:91–95) notes that Room 7
"apparently collapsed in the 363 earthquake", as it
"was found filled with collapsed building stones, loose soil,
rubble and air pockets." Additional structural damage was
recorded in Room 4, where "a row of fallen arch stones were
found" and the doorways between Room 4 and Rooms 3 and 7
were blocked.
Tali Erickson-Gini in Stern et al. (2008:1984–1985) likewise
reported a blocked doorway in Room 17 and possibly in Room 7 as
well. Erickson-Gini et al. (2026:7-22)
also documented several collapsed stone roofing slabs that were found
in situ in Room 22 of the Roman/ Byzantine Residential Quarter.
Based on the presence of
voussoirs in Rooms 23, 30, 37, and 40,
they further suggested that these rooms may likewise have been
roofed with stone slabs and experienced similar roof collapse.
The dating of the collapse in Room 7 appears to have been refined
by "late third to mid-fourth-century pottery, an
inscribed glass vessel (see Gorin-Rosen, this volume: Fig. 12:1)
and coins on the surface of the beaten earth floor", possibly
recovered in a protected corner of the room
(
Erickson-Gini et al., 2026 and
Erickson-Gini, 2010:91–95).
Left - Fig. 1.78a