Wadi Nu'eima I - Monastery

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Wadi Nu'eima I

Monastery name:

Monastery

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Desert

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

25,100.00

64,240.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

20,100.00

14,240.00

Geographical region:

Southern Jordan Valley

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Regio Jericho

Topographical location:

Level ground

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

ca. 8 km (Jericho)

Distance from nearest settlement:

ca. 8 km (Jericho)

Distance from Roman roads:

ca. 8 km

Source of knowledge

Archaeological remains

Surveyed site

Surveyors:

Name	Date
Augustinović	1951
Hirschfeld	1983

Bibliograpy:

Augustinović, A., 1951	109-10
Hirschfeld, Y., 1983	232-44
Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012	271, no. 136

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

The site was only surveyed. A baptismal font was found in a walled compound, indicating the presence of a church with a baptistery at the site, and its identification as a monastery.

General description

Enclosing walls:

Walls were reported by Augustinović.

Small finds

Small finds:

Category	Description
Pottery	Byzantine.
Glass	Fragments.

Detailed description

Components

Enclosing wall

Baptismal font

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

General outline:

The surveys revealed a complex encompassed by a wall.

Dating material:

Pottery was dated to the Byzantine period.

Phase date

Century:

Early Christian / Byzantine

Dating material:

Probably abandoned after the Arab conquest.

Phase date

Century:

7th c?

Within century:

First half