Deir 'Arabi (Khirbet Deir el-‘Arab) - ARABS (?)

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Source of knowledge
Literary sources
Archaeological remains
Surveyed site
Surveyors: 
NameDate
Guérin
1868-1869
Conder and Kitchener
1871-1877
Schneider
1933
Kochavi
1967-1968
Finkelstein, Lederman and Bunimvitz
1981-1985
Excavated site
Excavators: 
NameDate
Itah
1993
State of certainty: 
Archaeologicaly definitive
Architectural evolution
General outline: 
The site consists of a church, two towers, cisterns, a complex of rooms and a winepress.
Dating material: 

Schneider suggested dating the monastery to the mid sixth century CE, based on the structure's character.

Phase date
Century: 
6th c.
Within century: 
Mid
Phase date
Century: 
Unknown