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                    ʻAgur: ʻAjjur: Kh. el-ʻInab - Church
            
      
      Church Name, type, function
      Site Name:&nbsp;ʻAgur: ʻAjjur: Kh. el-ʻInabChurch name:&nbsp;ChurchFunctional Type:&nbsp;ParochialChurch type:&nbsp;Basilical - Annex\es on the north
      Location
      Coordinates, ITM system:&nbsp;
  
    192.07621.05  

Coordinates, ICS system:&nbsp;
  
    142.071,121.05  

Geographical region:&nbsp;Judean HillsDistance from nearest bishop-seat:&nbsp;8 km (Eleutheropolis).Provincial affiliation:&nbsp;Palaestina IBishopric:&nbsp;Eleutheropolis
      Source of knowledge
      
      Archaeological remains
      Surveyors:&nbsp;
 NameDate 

 Conder C.R., Kitchener H.H.1874 


Excavated siteExcavators:&nbsp;
 NameDate 

 Gofna R.1957 


Bibliograpy:&nbsp;

 Gophna, R., 1958 
 Leibovitch, J., 1958 
 Yeivin, S., 1960 
 Ovadiah, A., 1970 
 Ovadiah, R. and Ovadiah, A., 1987 
 Avi-Yonah, M., Cohen, R. and Ovadiah, A., 1993 
 Bagatti, B., 2002 


Abbreviation for Journals and Series
      General description
      State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:&nbsp;The excavated part was mainly the southern and the eastern sections of the basilica. A part of the northern wall of the atrium, the narthex, two aisles-colonnades, a bema and an apse. A small room with a plastered floor contained a baptismal font. According to Bagatti (2002: 125-6), it adjoined the northern wall of the church; according to the NEAEHL Vol. 2 (1992), 803 (authored by Avi-Yonah and Ovadiah; Hebrew), it was adjoining on the south.&nbsp;The exterior dimensions of the church - 19x13 m. The plan published by Ovadiah (reproduced here at the absence of any other), seems to be wrong. See Bagatti's comment (2002: 125).&nbsp;

      Description
      Illustrative material:&nbsp;

      
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  Figures

  
Atrium:&nbsp;Only a part of a northern wall of an atrium was exposed. The atrium was paved with coarse white mosaic.
Narthex:&nbsp;Partialy exposed on the north.
Nave:&nbsp;The nave is 7 m wide and separated from the aisles with two rows of columns (3 in the row). It was paved with mosaic with geometric motives. One column, 3m high, was standing in situ.
Aisles:&nbsp;The aisles are 3 m wide.
Bema, chancel screen and apse:&nbsp;The church had a semicircular external apse 2.7 m in radius. It was paved with coarse white mosaic.

      Small finds
      Small finds:&nbsp;
 CategoryDescription 

 OtherA small marble sarcophagus (used apparently as a reliquary). 
 Coins14 coins (one coin was dated to the beginning of the 5th century and the rest - to the last quarter of the 4th century). 


      Detailed description
      
      Structure
      Orientation:&nbsp;Facing eastAtrium:&nbsp;YesNarthex:&nbsp;YesAisles:&nbsp;2Number of nave columns in a row:&nbsp;
 Total Extant in N Extant in S  

 633 


East end:&nbsp;External apse, roundChurch Head/Chevet:&nbsp;dead end aisles (mon-aps III)Central Apse Category:&nbsp;apsidalCiborium:&nbsp;A 1.75 m high marble column might had belonged to a ciborium, rather than to a gallery. Apse shape:&nbsp;Hemispherical
      Cult of relics
      Reliquiaries: shapes and contents:&nbsp;Sarcophagus-like, without a lid.  
      Upper galleries
      Galleries description:&nbsp;A complete marble column 1.75 m high was found in the north aisle suggesting a possibility of a gallery above it. But it might had belonged to a ciborium. 
      Attached structures
      Baptistery:&nbsp;Simple rectangular roomBaptistery description:&nbsp;A small room with a plastered floor contained a baptismal font. According to Bagatti (2002125-6), it adjoined the northern wall of the church; according to the NEAEHL Vol. 2, p. 803 (authored by Avi-Yonah and Ovadiah), it was adjoining on the south.
      Architectural Evolution
      
 Dating materialPhase no.Century 

 The church was dated to the end of 4th - beginning of 5th century according to the coins found in the bema area.
Phase 14th-5th c. 
 AbandonmentUnknown 


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