Vertical tabsMonastery name, type, categorySite Name: Ein er-RashashMonastery name: HermitageMonastery type: Hermitage/hermitagesMonastery category: Desert LocationCoordinates, ITM system: 23,530.0066,081.00 Coordinates, ICS system: 18,530.0016,081.00 Geographical region: Samaria Desert FringesProvincial affiliation: Palaestina IBishopric: NeapolisTopographical location: CliffSoils: limestoneDistance from nearest bishop-seat: ca. 22 km (Shechem-Neapolis)Distance from nearest settlement: ca. 3 km (Eduma)Distance from Roman roads: ca. 10 km from the road connecting Jerusalem and Shechem-Neapolis. Source of knowledgeArchaeological remainsSurveyed siteSurveyors: NameDate Frumkin1982 Hirschfeld1987 Bibliograpy: Palmer, E. H., 1881 Frumkin, A., 198288 Hirschfeld, Y., 1988/8947 Hirschfeld, Y., 199070-71 Hirschfeld, Y., 1992216-18 Tsafrir, Y., Di Segni, L. and Green, J., 1994117 Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012135 Abbreviation for Journals and SeriesState of certainty: Archaeologicaly definitive General descriptionIllustrative material: Illustrative-material-03/06/15 Photos Figures General descriptionPaths: A path led to the cave from the direction of the spring. Gate/s: Access to the cave was through a partially roofed corridor. The mouth of the cave could be closed by a door. Cave/s: The site is a hermitage consisting of a single anchorite cave (4.5 x 3.5 m with a maximal height of 2.5 m). A single niche, for placing a lamp was observed and four crosses were etched on the walls. Garden: A garden was located on a small terrace at the mouth of the cave Small findsSmall finds illustrative material: Illustrative-material-04/06/15 Detailed descriptionDimensions: Total area (sqm)Size class 16Small ComponentsMonastery church: Church typeDiakonikonLink to church sectionChurch location No traces Dwelling type: cavesGardenWater installations: SpringInscribed crosses Architectural evolutionPhase 1 Abandonment General outline: The hermitage was in use in the Byzantine period.Phase dateCentury: 5th-6th c. General outline: No precise dating is available for the years in which the hermitage was occupied. It was probably abandoned at the end of the Byzantine period.Phase dateCentury: 7th c? Post Arab conquest history: Abandoned
