Deir el-Ghusun - Monastery (?)

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Deir el-Ghusun

Monastery name:

Monastery (?)

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Village

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

207,292.00

695,464.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

157,274.00

195,452.00

Geographical region:

Southern and Western Samaria

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Sebaste

Topographical location:

An area of low hills.

Soils:

Chalk and Marl

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

ca. 14 km (Sebaste)

Distance from Roman roads:

ca. 5 km north of the road leading from Caesarea to Shechem-Neapolis.

Source of knowledge

Archaeological remains

Surveyed site

Surveyors:

Name	Date
Zertal	1978-2000

Bibliograpy:

Zertal, A. and Mirkam, N., 2000	398-400
Dayan, A., 2015	44

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Discussion:

Dayan suggested that the site had originally been a monastery around which the village grew at a later period, perhaps in the middle ages (Dayan 2015: 44). She did not state what this suggestion is based upon.

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

Small finds

Detailed description

Components

Monastery church:

Church type	Diakonikon	Link to church section	Church location
No traces

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

Phase date

Century:

Early Christian / Byzantine

Phase date

Century:

Unknown