Deir Ghazali (Pisgat Ze’ev) - Chapel
Church Name, type, function
Site Name:
Deir Ghazali (Pisgat Ze’ev)
Church name:
Chapel
Functional Type:
Monastic
Church type:
Chapel
Location
Coordinates, ITM system:
223.96
636.38
Coordinates, ICS system:
173.96
1,136.40
Geographical region:
Judean Hills
Topographical location:
On a spur that slopes eastward to 'Anata, between Wadi Ibn 'Id to the east and Wadi el-Khalaf to the west.
Distance from nearest bishop-seat:
ca. 4 km northeast of Jerusalem.
Distance from nearest settlement:
ca. 4 km northeast of Jerusalem.
Provincial affiliation:
Palaestina I
Bishopric:
Jerusalem
Source of knowledge
General description
State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:
Complex (35 X 25 m) identified by the excavator as a monastery (the possibility that the remains belong to a rural villa was also raised by the excavator). Fragments of a reliquary lid, an altar table and a chancel screen, as well as colorful tesserae and a capital with crosses, all found in the debris in some rooms, indicate the existence of a chapel in the second floor.
Description
Illustrative material:
Lateral walls:
The walls, partially of ashlar, preserved to a height of 2 m.
Small finds
Small finds illustrative material:
Architectural Evolution
| General outline | Dating material | Phase no. | Century |
|---|---|---|---|
On basis of the finds at the site, the possible monastery is dated to the second half of the fifth or the first half of the sixth century. | Phase 1 | 5th-6th c. | |
During the Abbasid period walls were built dividing the rooms into small spaces. | Abandonment | 9th c. |
Post Arab conquest history:
Unmodified