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See Pesach Bar Adon, “Another Settlement of the Judean Desert Sect at ‘En el-Ghuweir on the Shores of the Dead Sea,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 225 (1977), pp. 2–25. At Hiyam al-Siyagha, in the Judean Desert, 20 shaft graves were surveyed, 2 of which were excavated. See Hanan Eshel and Zvi Greenhut, “Hiam El-Sagha, A Cemetery of the Qumran Type, Judaean Desert,” Revue biblique 100–102 (1993), pp. 252–259.

For the Talpiyot graves, see Kloner and Yosef Gat, “Burial Caves in East Talpiyot” (in Hebrew, with English summary) Atiqot 8 (1982), pp. 74–76, 171–172.

Based on the earlier glass bottle, we conclude that the cemetery remained in use until the time of the Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132–135 C.E.).

The examination was undertaken by Israel Antiquities Authority anthropologists Jacques Verden, Joseph Nagar and Vered Eshed.

The alignment of a few graves differs slightly.

My thanks to Joseph Patrich, who helped me clarify this point.