Ein Yunis - Monastery (?)

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Ein Yunis

Monastery name:

Monastery (?)

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Desert

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

249,704.00

641,336.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

199,700.00

141,335.00

Geographical region:

Southern Jordan Valley

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Regio Jericho

Topographical location:

level ground

Soils:

Marl

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

ca. 6 km (Jericho)

Distance from nearest settlement:

ca. 6 km (Jericho)

Distance from Roman roads:

ca. 6 km from the road passing through Jericho

Source of knowledge

Archaeological remains

Surveyed site

Surveyors:

Name	Date
Bar-Adon	1968-69
Hirschfeld	1983

Bibliograpy:

Bar-Adon, P., 1972	14
Hirschfeld, Y., 1983	232-44
Hirschfeld, Y., 1990	60
Tsafrir, Y., Di Segni, L. and Green, J., 1994	117
Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012	270

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

The site is in a poor state of preservation. Not excavated. Only remains of walls were observed in the surveys.

Small finds

Small finds:

Category	Description
Pottery	Shards
Glass	Fragments
Other	Colorful tesserae

Detailed description

Components

Monastery church:

Church type	Diakonikon	Link to church section	Church location
No traces

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

General outline:

The site was not excavated. It was probably founded sometime in the late fifth or sixth century.

Phase date

Century:

5th-6th c.

Phase date

Century:

Unknown

Post Arab conquest history:

Abandoned