This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Al-Tina, or Khirbet et-Tineh was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine.
The hill on which the village was built stands today next to the Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav railway station and next to Highway 6.
[5] Based on the archaeological excavation in the eastern foot of the hill on which the village used to stand, a settlement was established in the site as early as the Byzantine era.
Pottery, glassware and coins allowed the researchers to date this settlement to a short period between roughly 375 to 425 CE.
They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, sesame, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 4,350 akçe.
Next to the site is a wide area, overgrown with bushes and thorns, that is fenced in on the southern side.
It was the first archaeological excavation in the site and was headed by Elie Haddad on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.