Jericho - PENTHUCLA

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Source of knowledge
Archaeological remains
Surveyed site
Surveyors: 
NameDate
Féderlin
1907
Augustinović
1951
State of certainty: 
Literarily definitive
Architectural evolution
General outline: 
The monastery is known from the writing of John Moschus.
Dating material: 

Literary (see Literary Sources section).

Phase date
Century: 
6th c.
General outline: 
The monastery was probably abandoned in the early seventh century CE.
Phase date
Century: 
7th c?
Within century: 
First half