El-Wili Shabbuni - Monastery (?)

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

El-Wili Shabbuni

Monastery name:

Monastery (?)

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Isolated in the countryside

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

21,070.00

64,765.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

16,070.00

14,765.00

Geographical region:

Southern and Western Samaria

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Jerusalem

Topographical location:

Hill

Soils:

limestone and terra rosa

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

ca. 30 km (Jerusalem)

Distance from Roman roads:

ca. 4 km north of the road connecting Lod-Diospolis with Jerusalem.

Source of knowledge

Archaeological remains

Surveyed site

Surveyors:

Name	Date
Finkelstein, Lederman and Bunimovitz	1981-1985
Magen and Finkelstein	1993

Bibliograpy:

Magen, Y. and Finkelstein, I., 1993	51-2
Finkelstein, I., Bunimvitz, S. and Lederman, Z., 1997	I: 308
Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012	236-37

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

The site has not been excavated. Some of the walls have been preserved to a height of 5-6 courses.

Illustrative material:

Illustrative_material

Photos

General description

Enclosing walls:

A complex (30.5 x 24 m) was surveyed. Below the main building (24 x 19.5 m), on a lower level, two parallel walls formed two long halls. The external walls of these structures may have formed the enclosing walls of the complex.

Gate/s:

Entrance to the complex was through its western wall.

Cave/s:

A burial cave was found in the vicinity of the complex.

Water installations:

Cisterns were noted in and around the complex.

Small finds

Detailed description

Structure

Materials applied (walls):

Limestone

Components

Gate/s:

Monastery church:

Church type	Diakonikon	Link to church section	Church location
unknown			Ground floor

Tombs type:

Burial chamber

Water installations:

Cisterns

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

General outline:

The site was not excavated. The remains consist of a large structure of an east-west orientation. A central unit is located at a higher level and two parallel walls form two long halls.

Phase date

Century:

Early Christian / Byzantine

Phase date

Century:

Unknown