sentences:  Almost 300 inscriptions primarily in Greek, but also in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Palmyrene were found on the walls of the catacombs containing numerous sarcophagi.From the beginning of the Early Islamic period (7th century), settlement was sparse.Excavations uncovered 75 lamps dating to the period of Umayyad (7th-8th centuries) and Abassid (8th–13th centuries) rule over Palestine.