ダビデ王の同盟者のとりで発見　ゴラン高原

【ゴラン高原ＡＦＰ＝時事】ゴラン高原のイスラエルの支配地域で11日、3000年以上前のダビデ王の時代に造られたとりでとみられる建造物が発見された。聖書に記されたイスラエル王国と同盟関係にあったゲシュル王国のものとみられ、ゲシュル王国の支配地域解明の手掛かりとなる可能性があるという。（写真はゴラン高原でのとりでの発掘作業）
　建造物は、ユダヤ人入植地ヒスピン近くで新たな地域の開発中に発見されたもの。丘の上に位置しており、壁の厚さは１．５メートル、地元産の玄武岩でできている。
　イスラエル考古学庁による発掘を指揮した考古学者バラク・ツィン氏は、建造物の面積は１０００平方メートル以上に及んだと推測している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/11/13-12:23）

Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a fortified structure from the time of the King David on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that sheds light on the borders of a Biblical Israeli ally.
The 3,000-year-old fort, found near the Jewish settlement of Hispin ahead of works to build a new neighbourhood, is believed to have belonged to the Geshurites, King David's allies.
Locally quarried basalt boulders form the metre-and-a-half (five-foot) thick walls of the hilltop complex.
Barak Tzin, who directed its excavation for the Israel Antiquities Authority, estimated that it covered more than 1,000 square metres (a quarter of an acre).
Diggers found a large stone with an engraving of two horned figures stretching out their arms and a statuette of a woman holding a musical instrument, possibly a drum.
That also links us to finds from the Iron Age, Tzin said, noting similar artefacts uncovered in Bethsaida, a site linked to the capital of the Geshur kingdom that lies west of Hispin on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Tzin said there is source material indicating family ties between the Geshur kingdom and the kingdom of David.
The Hispin fortress, the first of its kind to be excavated, adds a rare piece to the puzzle of Golan archaeology, Tzin said.
This phenomenon might be more widespread that we know. Golan research is not yet at a high level... We're only beginning to rediscover the Golan now.
Future finds might help define clearer boundaries for the Geshurite kingdom, while the Hispin fortress fills out its middle, he said.
We believe (the kingdom) spread to Syria -- it fills in the space between, he said of the Hispin site.
The picture is beginning to get a bit more clear.