Korzhenkov and Erickson-Gini (2003) reported archaeoseismic evidence for what they suggested was an an early second-century CE earthquake at the fort at ʿEn Rahel. They observed that rooms of the fort’s last occupational phase were sealed by a collapsed upper floor and that the fallen debris consisted of mud and organic matting supported by wooden beams, indicating a sudden roof failure consistent with seismic collapse. A rich assemblage of ceramics, wooden artifacts, almond shells, olive and date stones, and camel bones inscribed in Nabataean script was found within the destruction layer. Shamir (1999:92) examined the well-preserved textiles, basketry, and cordage and confirmed an Early Roman context, supported by a radiocarbon analysis of a brown goat-hair textile fragment from L13, Basket 129 by Carmi and Segal (1995:55) which produced calibrated dates of 66–145 CE (87%) and 165–186 CE (13%).