Ras el Amud - Monastery (?)

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Ras el Amud

Monastery name:

Monastery (?)

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Isolated in the countryside

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

22,306.00

6,310.78

Coordinates, ICS system:

17,304.00

11,311.01

Geographical region:

Jerusalem (Greater Jerusalem)

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Jerusalem

Topographical location:

Southern slopes of Mt. of Olives

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

ca. 2 km (Jerusalem)

Distance from nearest settlement:

ca. 2 km (Jerusalem)

Distance from Roman roads:

Near the road leading eastwards from Jerusalem to al-Azariyah and hence to Jericho.

Source of knowledge

Archaeological remains

Excavated site

Excavators:

Name	Date
Zilberbod	2004

Bibliograpy:

Zilberbod, I., 2008
Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012	33

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

A salvage excavation in 2004 revealed a structure in a poor state of preservation with remains of walls and mosaic pavements. A longitudinal structure oriented north-south was identified and remains of surrounding rooms.

Illustrative material:

Illustrative_material

Figures

Ras el Amud plan and sections (Zilberbod 2008).

General description

Enclosing walls:

Remains of walls on the southern and western sides of the complex may have belonged to an enclosing wall.

Churche/s:

Remains of a church were not located but fragments of a marble chancel screen point to its existence. Remains of a limestone table were also found.

Small finds

Small finds:

Category	Description
Pottery	bowls; a cooking pot; jars, all dated to the Byzantine period.
Glass	Fragments of glass vessels dated to the late Byzantine and Early Islamic periods.
Oil lamps	One complete oil lamp.

Small finds illustrative material:

Illustrative_material

Figures

Detailed description

Structure

Materials applied (walls):

Limestone

Components

Enclosing wall

Monastery church:

Church type	Diakonikon	Link to church section	Church location
unknown

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

General outline:

A north-south oriented structure of unknown size with remains of surrounding rooms.

Dating material:

Late Byzantine-Early Islamic period, based on the finds

Phase date

Century:

6th-7th c.

General outline:

Early Islamic period.

Dating material:

Based on the finds.

Phase date

Century:

7th c?

Post Arab conquest history:

Abandoned