Khallat ed- Danabiya; Khallet Danabiya - Monastery

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Source of knowledge
Archaeological remains
Surveyed site
Surveyors: 
NameDate
Goldfuss and Golani
1982-1984
Hirschfeld and Riklin
1993
Excavated site
Excavators: 
NameDate
Goldfuss
1984
Hirschfeld and Riklin
1993
State of certainty: 
Archaeologicaly definitive
Architectural evolution
General outline: 
Initial settlement at the site is suggested to have been in the second half of the fourth century. This might have involved the settling of the founder in the cave, possibly accompanied by some disciples.
Dating material: 

Pottery

Phase date
Century: 
4th c.
Within century: 
Second half
General outline: 
The monastery flourished in the fifth and sixth centuries CE.
Dating material: 

Based on parallels drawn from other Judean Desert monasteries, the excavator based the dating of the main existence stage of the monastery to the fifth and sixth centuries CE

Phase date
Century: 
5th-6th c.
General outline: 
The excavators of the cave church did not report finds indicating an occupation later than the Byzantine period. It can be surmised at this point, until further investigations shows otherwise, that the monastery was abandoned sometime in the first half of the seventh century CE.
Phase date
Century: 
7th c?
Within century: 
First half
Post Arab conquest history: 
Abandoned