Rimmon

Horvat Rimmon (Hebrew: , lit.'ruin of the pomegranate'), or simply Rimmon, alternatively Khirbet Umm er-Ramanin (Arabic: , lit.'ruin of the mother of the pomegranates'), is an archaeological site in the southern Judean Lowlands in Israel. Located on a low hill about 500 metres (1,600 ft) south of Lahav, it preserves the remains of a Jewish village occupied from the late Second Temple period into the early Islamic era. The site is home to a large synagogue complex, which went through three main construction phases from the 3rd to the 7th century CE, as well as a cemetery of rock-cut tombs, a subterranean hiding complex, a mikveh (ritual bath) and domestic structures, and several late Roman and Byzantine coin hoards. The site is commonly identified with En-Rimmon (Eremmon/Rimmon), a sizeable Jewish village mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, by Eusebius, in rabbinic literature, and in a document from the Bar Kokhba revolt. The biblical settlement itself is usually placed at nearby Tel Halif, and the name Rimmon appears to have shifted to the site in later centuries. Excavations have uncovered a synagogue paved with flagstones decorated with rosettes and a menorah. They also revealed a funerary inscription reading "Jacob son of Rabbi", as well as a ceramic amulet inscribed with a love charm whose formula and "magic signs" closely parallel medieval Jewish t

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