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                    Heptapegon - The Sermon on the Mount.
            
      
      Church Name, type, function
      Site Name:&nbsp;HeptapegonIdentification:&nbsp;Heptapegon in Greek, Et-Tabgha in Arabic, 'En Shev'a and 'Ein Ha-Shiv'ah in Hebrew; all derive from the seven springs in the area.
The chapel is also known as: chapel of the Beatitudes.
Built on the traditional site of the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7; Luke 6: 20-49).Church name:&nbsp;The Sermon on the Mount.Functional Type:&nbsp;MonasticChurch type:&nbsp;Chapel - With an annexed room
      Location
      Coordinates, ITM system:&nbsp;
  
    201,920.001,253,252.00  

Coordinates, ICS system:&nbsp;
  
    251,923.00753,151.00  

Geographical region:&nbsp;Sea of GalileeTopographical location:&nbsp;Built on a steep of a hill, which was flattened to accommodate ‎the monastery and the chapel.Distance from nearest settlement:&nbsp;2 miles south-west of Capharnaum.Distance from Roman roads:&nbsp;The monastic chapel is built on the side of the road which leads to Capernaum.Provincial affiliation:&nbsp;Palaestina II
      Source of knowledge
      
      Archaeological remains
      Excavated siteExcavators:&nbsp;
 NameDate 

 Baggati, B.1935 


Bibliograpy:&nbsp;

 Bagatti, B., 1936 
 Ovadiah, A., 1970 
 Loffreda, S., 1981 
 Schick, R., 1995 
 Barkay, G. and Schiller, E., 1999 
 De Luca, S. and Ilardi, K., 2010 


Abbreviation for Journals and Series
      General description
      State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:&nbsp;A chapel, mosaic paved, with an atrium (referred to as a narthex in some reports), which is built in the north-east corner of a monastery. North of the chapel is a hewned cave. Dimensions are 9.25X4.4 m.

      Description
      Illustrative material:&nbsp;

      
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  Figures

  
Atrium:&nbsp;Covered in a mosaic. Dimensions: 4.5X2.5 m.
Façade and entries:&nbsp;An entrance from the monastery on the west wall.
Lateral walls:&nbsp;The walls were covered in plaster, on which pilgrims have curved crosses and inscriptions. An Opening leading to the cave on the northern wall. Thickness of the wall : 0.6 m.
Nave:&nbsp;Covered by a mosaic. Floor level is higher than the atrium.
Bema, chancel screen and apse:&nbsp;Partly hewn from the rock and partly constructed, raised a step above the chapel floor. No floor, only bare rock. Depth: 1.75 m. Wall thickness: 0.9 m.

      Small finds
      Small finds:&nbsp;
 CategoryDescription 

 OtherDecorated Marble fragments were found, Several are from the alter table. 
 Inscription - see under epigraphycrosses and Inscriptions  were found on the walls. Only a few letters survived.  
 PotteryArab pottery was found in a row of stones with ashes on the mosaic floor.  
 GlassFragments of glass lamps. 


      Detailed description
      
      Structure
      Orientation:&nbsp;Facing eastMaterials applied (walls):&nbsp;BasaltEast end:&nbsp;External apse, roundCentral Apse Category:&nbsp;apsidalBema type:&nbsp;Miscellaneous shapeBema type text:&nbsp;The apse is raised a step above the chapel hall.Elevation of Bema above nave:&nbsp;1 step upAltar type:&nbsp;Marble, table likeSynthronon remains:&nbsp;otherSynthronon location:&nbsp;Against the apseSynthronon description:&nbsp;A bench around the apse. 
      Attached structures
      Burial room or chapel:&nbsp;OtherBurial room or chapel description:&nbsp;A hewned cave is located north of the chapel with a cupboard in the eastern wall. Dimensions 3.2 sq.m.
      Architectural Evolution
      
 General outlineDating materialPhase no.CenturyWithin century 

 In general descriptionLoffreda Dates the church to the end of the fourth century.
Phase 14th c.Late 
 A new mosaic was placed in the early sixth century.Phase 26th c.Early 
 Dated by the pottery found in a row of stones with ashes fallen on the mosaic floor. Seemingly this is the monastery with 10 monks mentioned in the Commemoratorium de Cassis Deii II, 38-39 (808), in association with the Miracle of the Multiplying of the Loves and Fishes (ed. McCormick 2011, pp. 212-13), tradition which was transfer to here after the basilica at the foot of the mount fell in ruines, as we hear from Arculf (670). See under the monastery card. Seemingly this is also the church addressed by Epiph. mon., Enarr. Syr. 32. 
Abandonment10th c. 


Post Arab conquest history:&nbsp;UnmodifiedPost conquest history comments:&nbsp;Continued to exist during the first years of the of the Arab period, according to the pottery found. 
  
  
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