Vertical tabsMonastery name, type, category(active tab)LocationSource of knowledgeGeneral descriptionDetailed descriptionArchitectural evolutionMonastery name, type, categorySite Name: Kafr KamaMonastery name: Monastery (?)Monastery type: CenobiumMonastery category: Village LocationCoordinates, ITM system: 24,174.0073,644.00 Coordinates, ICS system: 19,164.0023,646.00 Geographical region: Lower GalileeProvincial affiliation: Palaestina IIBishopric: TiberiasTopographical location: Level groundSoils: VolcanicDistance from nearest bishop-seat: ca. 18 km (Tiberias)0Distance from Roman roads: ca. 10 km south of the road connecting Tiberias with Sepphoris Source of knowledgeEpigraphyHide Archaeological remainsExcavated siteExcavators: NameDate NameDate Saarisalo and Ovadiah1961, 1963 Bibliograpy: Saarisalo, A., 1961197 Saarisalo, A., 1963149-50 Ovadiah, A., 197098 Schick, R., 1995362 Abbreviation for Journals and SeriesState of certainty: Uncertain / Questionable General descriptionState of preservation/which parts were uncovered: Remains of two adjacent and parallel chapels were partially excavated. A large adjacent hall was not excavated. Hide General descriptionChurche/s: Two chapels, adjacent to each other, were excavated. The northern chapel served as a martyrion, the inscription found in the mosaic pavement mentions St. Thecla. The southern chapel served as a baptistery. It is possible that the two chapels formed part of a large basilica. Hide Small findsSmall finds: CategoryDescription CategoryDescription Inscription - see under epigraphy PotteryByzantine, Arab, Mameluk. Comments, discussion and summary: The two chapels unearthed in Kafr Kama formed part of a larger complex that was not excavated due to modern era construction over the site. The excavators suggested that the entire complex may have been a larger basilica or a monastery. Detailed descriptionHide ComponentsMonastery church: Church typeDiakonikonLink to church sectionChurch location Church typeDiakonikonLink to church sectionChurch location single naveGround floor single naveGround floor Architectural evolutionPhase 1 Phase 2 Abandonment Dating material: Epigraphy Hide Phase dateCentury: 5th-6th c. General outline: A second mosaic pavement was laid over the original mosaic. Its date is not known.Hide Phase dateCentury: Unknown Hide Phase dateCentury: Unknown
