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                    ʻAnata‎ - Church
            
      
          
  
  
      Church Name, type, function
      Site Name: ʻAnata‎Identification: The site is identified with the ancient settlement of Anathoth, mentioned in Eusebius' Onomasticon (26:27). In 530 CE Theodosius tells of a ceremony conducted at the site by Christians in honor of the prophet Jeremiah (Theodosius, TS 6).Church name: ChurchFunctional Type: ParochialChurch type: Basilical
      Location
      Coordinates, ITM system: 
  
    224.90635.60  

Coordinates, ICS system: 
  
    174.901,135.67  

Geographical region: Judean HillsDistance from nearest bishop-seat: ca. 5 km northeast of Jerusalem.Distance from Roman roads: ca. 1.5 km north of the road between Jerusalem and Jericho.Provincial affiliation: Palaestina I
      Source of knowledge
      Literary sources: Literary sources
      Archaeological remains
      Surveyed siteSurveyors: 
 NameDate 

 Robinson1838 
 W. M. Thomson 1850s 
 Guérin1863 
 Clermont-Ganneau 1874 
 Conder and Kitchener1860-70s 


Excavated siteExcavators: 
 NameDate 

 Salvage excavations1936 
 Biran1980s 


Bibliograpy: 

 Conder, C. R. and Kitchener, H. H., 1883 
 Horning, R., 1909 
 Abel, F. M., 1938 
 Avi-Yonah, M., 1933 
 Ovadiah, A., 1970 
 Wilkinson, J., 1977 
 Biran, A., 1985 
 Reeg, G., 1989 
 Magen, Y. and Finkelstein, I., 1993 
 Tsafrir, Y., Di Segni, L. and Green, J., 1994 
 Limor, O., 1998 
 Bagatti, B., 2002 
 Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012 


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      General description
      State of preservation/which parts were uncovered: Colonnaded building with a mosaic ‎floor, known as Deir Makub and ‎identified in the SWP as a church. A ‎sounding revealed a section of a ‎colorful mosaic floor and columns.‎ Magen and Kagan suggest ‎identifying the structure as a basilica ‎church.‎

      Description
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Crypt: See in the Detailed Description, crypt
      Small finds
      
      Detailed description
      
      Structure
      Orientation: Facing eastMaterials applied (walls): Limestone
      Crypt
      Accessibility and description: East of the ‎mosaic floor ‎is an ‎underground ‎system ‎consisting of ‎five burial ‎chambers, ‎possibly a ‎crypt.‎
      Architectural Evolution
      
 Phase no.Century 

 Phase 15th-6th c. 
 AbandonmentUnknown 



  
  


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