Bir el Khazna;Kh. Khazneh;el Qatrani;Bir e Khazna - Monastery (?)

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Bir el Khazna;Kh. Khazneh;el Qatrani;Bir e Khazna

Monastery name:

Monastery (?)

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Isolated in the countryside

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

213,886.00

769,894.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

163,883.00

269,895.00

Geographical region:

Western Galilee

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina II

Bishopric:

Ptolemais

Topographical location:

On a slope

Soils:

Limestone and terra rosa.

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

15 km (Acco-Ptolomais)

Distance from Roman roads:

10 km west of the coastal road.

Source of knowledge

Epigraphy

Archaeological remains

Surveyed site

Surveyors:

Name
Frankel

Bibliograpy:

Guérin, V., 1868-1880
Jacques, A., 1987	54-56
Frankel, R., Getzov, N. , Aviam, M. and Degani, A., 2001
Aviam, M., 2004	98, no. 27
Ashkenazi, J. and Aviam, M., 2017	117-133

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Discussion:

The site was suggested by its surveyors to have been a monastery. The suggestion was prompted by the location of a mosaic pavement containing crosses, the Greek letters alpha and omega and a Syriac inscription mentioning "Abraham". Although the find is suggestive, it is not enough to identify the site as a monastery with any certainty.

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

The site was surveyed. Its remains were scattered over an area of 3,000 sqm. A mosaic pavement and a cistern were located.

Illustrative material:

Illustrative_material

Photos

Bir el Khazna- remains of the mosaic pavement with Palestinian Syriac inscription

General description

Churche/s:

A church was not located. A mosaic pavement containing crosses and the Greek letters alpha and omega, and a Syriac inscription, indicate its possible presence.

Water installations:

A cistern and a round capstone were found in the survey.

Small finds

Detailed description

Structure

Materials applied (walls):

Limestone

Components

Monastery church:

Church type	Diakonikon	Link to church section	Church location
unknown

Water installations:

Cisterns

Inscribed crosses

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

General outline:

A mosaic pavement of the Byzantine period, and a cistern.

Phase date

Century:

6th-7th c.

Phase date

Century:

7th c?

Within century:

First half