Khirbet el-Qom
Khirbet el-Qom (Arabic: خربة الكوم) is an archaeological site in the village of al-Kum, West Bank, in the territory of the biblical Kingdom of Judah, between Lachish and Hebron, 14 km (8.7 mi) to the west of the latter. Remains from the site dating to the Second Temple period include hundreds of Aramaic ostraca, what appears to be a 4th-century BCE shrine dedicated to Yahweh, and a burial cave featuring Hebrew inscriptions dating from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE. == Excavations == In the 1930s, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi visited Khirbet al-Qum and stayed at the residence of Sheikh Suleiman from the Irgum family.