Ein Fara - PHARAN

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Source of knowledge
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Surveyed site
Surveyors: 
NameDate
Guérin
1868-69
Meinardus
1964-65
Dinur and Feig
1981
Patrich
1984
Hirschfeld
1987
Excavated site
Excavators: 
Name
White Fathers of Jerusalem
Discussion: 
The site called Qal'at Musa was identified by Dinur and Feig as a monastery in its own right. Hirschfeld opined that the site was actually a part of the monastery of Pharan and the chapel was a funerary chapel located near the monastery's cemetery (Hirschfeld 1990: 6).
State of certainty: 
Archaeologically and Literarily definitive
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General outline: 
It is not known to what extent the laura was built at the time of foundation.
Dating material: 

Founded by Chariton ca. 330 CE based on literary sources (see literary sources section).

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Century: 
4th c.
Within century: 
First half