Bethlehem - Chapel
Church Name, type, function
Site Name:
Bethlehem
Church name:
Chapel
Functional Type:
Unknown
Church type:
Unknown
Location
Coordinates, ITM system:
219.83
623.47
Coordinates, ICS system:
169.83
1,123.47
Geographical region:
Judean Hills
Provincial affiliation:
Palaestina I
Source of knowledge
Epigraphy:
Archaeological remains
Excavated site
Excavators:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
Saller, S. | 1962 |
General description
State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:
A chapel that was built on a slope and only the southern wall, part of the eastern and western and a mosaic floor with an inscription remained.
Description
Small finds
Small finds:
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
Inscription - see under epigraphy | Part of a inscription in a circular frame was found in the mosaic.The northern part of the inscription was dameged.
The inscription speaks of Isidore, Sergius and Stephan "who suffered here". |
Small finds illustrative material:
Architectural Evolution
| Dating material | Phase no. | Century |
|---|---|---|
Saller date the church based on the line "have sufferd here" to the Persian conquest. Schick disagrees. Bagatti dates the isnscription to the arab period. | Phase 1 | Early Christian / Byzantine |
Abandonment | Unknown |
Post Arab conquest history:
Built anew
Post conquest history comments:
The date of the inscription is unknown bu it might be later than the conquest