Khirbet Jaba'it; Jaba'it - Monastery (?)

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Khirbet Jaba'it; Jaba'it

Monastery name:

Monastery (?)

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Village

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

234,628.00

659,828.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

184,624.00

159,827.00

Geographical region:

Samaria Desert Fringes

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Neapolis

Topographical location:

Hilltop

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

ca. 30 km (Shechem-Neapolis)

Distance from Roman roads:

ca. 9 km east of the road connecting Jerusalem and Shechem-Neapolis

Source of knowledge

Archaeological remains

Surveyed site

Surveyors:

Name	Date
Guérin	1874-75
Conder and Kitchener	1871-1877
Finkelstein, Lederman and Bunimovitz	1997

Excavated site

Excavators:

Name	Date
Ilan and Dinur	1982

Bibliograpy:

Guérin, V., 1875	II: 16-17
Conder, C. R. and Kitchener, H. H., 1882	393
Ilan, Z. and Dinur, U., 1987	114-130
Tsafrir, Y., Di Segni, L. and Green, J., 1994	156
Finkelstein, I., Bunimvitz, S. and Lederman, Z., 1997	751-53
Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012	181

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Discussion:

Based on the small size of the complex, the presence of a chapel surrounded by compound, the site has been tentatively identified as a monastery. There is not enough evidence to state so unequivocally.

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

Illustrative material:

Illustrative_material

Figures

Kh. Jaba'it- general plan (Magen and Kagan 2012 I: 181: Fig 59.2).

General description

Enclosing walls:

The site consists of a compound called locally “el-Kalah” within which are located a church and other structures.

Courtyards:

Stone paved courtyards were found to the west and south of the church.

Churche/s:

The church is a small chapel (14.7 x 10.5 m).

Small finds

Detailed description

Components

Enclosing wall

Courtyard/s

Monastery church:

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

Inscribed crosses

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

General outline:

The remains consist of a small chapel in the northwest of the site. The church is surrounded by a compound wall.

Dating material:

Fifth-sixth centuries, based on the finds.

Phase date

Century:

5th c.

General outline:

Apparently abandoned at the end of the Byzantine period.

Dating material:

Based on the finds.

Phase date

Century:

7th c?

Within century:

First half

Post Arab conquest history:

Abandoned