Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - St. Anna/Anastasia

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Jerusalem (Mount of Olives)

Identification:

The name given to the church is based on a partial inscription. According to Bagatti, the name should be understood as St. Anna. Milik suggested that it should be read as St. Anastasia.

Monastery name:

St. Anna/Anastasia

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Para Urban

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

22,331.00

63,180.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

17,331.00

13,180.00

Geographical region:

Jerusalem Mount of Olives

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Jerusalem

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

ca. 0.5 km (Jerusalem)

Distance from nearest settlement:

ca. 0.5 km (Jerusalem)

Distance from Roman roads:

ca. 1 km south of the road connecting Jerusalem with Jericho.

Source of knowledge

Epigraphy

Archaeological remains

Excavated site

Excavators:

Name	Date
Bagatti	1954

Bibliograpy:

Milik, J. T., 1960	557
Bagatti, B., 1962	36-37
Ovadiah, A., 1970	83-84
Patrich, J., 2006	341-393

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

State of certainty:

Archaeologicaly definitive

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

The site consisted of a chapel with structures to its north.

General description

Churche/s:

The chapel (12.5 x 5.4 m) was entered from the west with a second entrance in the northern wall leading to an "oratorium" according to Bagatti, possibly a diakonikon. Fragments of a chancel screen and its groove in the floor were found. An inscription in the mosaic pavement is dedicated to St. Anna (according to Bagatti) or St. Anastasia (According to Milik).

Small finds

Small finds:

Category
Inscription - see under epigraphy

Detailed description

Structure

Materials applied (walls):

Limestone

Components

Monastery church:

Church type	Diakonikon	Link to church section	Church location
single nave	Diakonikon		Ground floor

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Phase 2
Abandonment

General outline:

The monastery and church were apparently founded after the Persian invasion.

Dating material:

Numismatics and the style of the mosaics.

Phase date

Century:

7th c.

Within century:

First half

General outline:

A new mosaic pavement is laid in the church. There is no information concerning the monastery structure.

Dating material:

Numismatics and style of mosaic.

Phase date

Century:

7th c.

General outline:

The complex apparently continued to function to the end of the eighth century.

Phase date

Century:

8th c.

Within century:

Late

Post Arab conquest history:

Still in use