Two of the structures excavated in 2012-2013 may have continued into the Babylonian and perhaps early Persian periods (586-332 B.C.E.). If so, the site was not destroyed during the Babylonian conquest as previously believed but continued to function as an economic center for several decades after the fall of Jerusalem and the demise of the Kingdom of Judah. This tentative assertion is pending further examination of the material.
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