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Asochis

Alternative names: Shihin, Shikhin, Hannathon, Hannaton

Place description

Asochis was a village in the Galilee where a popular demonstration voiced support for Josephus, according to Life 233. Josephus stayed there for a period, and its inhabitants apparently supported him against the views of citizens of Tiberias (Life 384). The site is north of and very close to Sepphoris. It probably had a large community of potters; there are potsherds and coins of the Roman and Byzantine periods (Safrai, Strange, et al., 1994).

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