Two Iron Age mudbrick structures were uncovered in Area A — a presumed sanctuary to the north and a presumed domestic structure to the south — both separated by a presumed street. Excavators report that both buildings were destroyed by collapse and fire around 700 BCE, corresponding to Iron IIC (Petit & Kafafi, 2016; Kafafi & Petit, 2018; Petit & Kafafi, 2018a). A thick debris layer sealed utensils on floors and surfaces, broken and crushed pottery, a fallen roof roller , and other objects found in the destruction layer. Kafafi & Petit (2018:321–325) report that pottery in Stratum VII is consistent and clearly Iron Age IIC, including a number of Assyrian Palace Ware and Ammonite sherds . Radiocarbon and OSL dates from Stratum VII yielded 2.80 ± 0.02 ka (n = 4) cal BP and 2.82 ± 0.17 ka respectively (al Khasawneh et al., 2020:8). Four radiocarbon samples (one short-lived seed and three pieces of charcoal) and two OSL samples were taken inside the sanctuary, likely from a baulk in Square VII. al Khasawneh et al. (2020:8) report that the average age of the two OSL samples taken from Phase VII and attributed to the sanctuary structure is 2.82 ± 0.17 ka and that the average of the ¹⁴C ages from the same unit was 2.80 ± 0.02 ka (n = 4) cal BP. The radiocarbon dates were not Bayesian modeled, and the OSL ages were sensitive to the estimated burial water content (20 ± 5 %); each 1 % increase in water content produces an approximate 1 % increase in the age estimate.