[JimRed]

Perhaps from a later Muslim occupation?

[SunkenCiv]

There was no Muzzie-era occupation of the site; also, the surviving texts speak of the practice of getting money for the severed right hand of a dead enemy. And in practice, if the enemy were not dead, cutting off the right hand would probably do it.

[Monkey Face]

Mohammed didn’t disgrace the earth with his presence until around 700 AD. No Muslims before then.