16027 - et Tuweiri - Church

Church Name, type, function

Site Name:

et Tuweiri

Church name:

Church

Functional Type:

Unknown

Church type:

Basilical

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

212,884.92

770,212.37

Coordinates, ICS system:

162,900.00

1,270,200.00

Geographical region:

Western Galilee

Topographical location:

A small hill on the edge of western Galilee shore band.

Provincial affiliation:

Phoenice I

Bishopric:

Ptolemais

Source of knowledge

Epigraphy:

HideEpigraphy

Text number	Summary
1	Marble fragment with an invocation of Saint Sergius, found among the remains.

Archaeological remains

Bibliograpy:

Aviam, M., 1994	98, no.28
Ashkenazi, J. and Aviam, M., 2012	no.40
Smithline, H., 2007

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

Locetad west of Kibuttz Kabri. The area was worked by the near by kibbutzim and they found a degenerate-Ionic capital decorated with a cross, fragments of decorated plates (possible of a gallary railing similar to H. Heseq) made of local lime stone and painted red, a fragment of an alter tables' columnet, a pedstal (similar to the those of Fassuta) and a Greek inscription on stone.

Description

Small finds

Detailed description

Upper galleries

Upper galleries:

above both aisles

Galleries description:

Existence conjectural.

Architectural Evolution

Phase no.	Century
Phase 1	Early Christian / Byzantine
Abandonment	Unknown