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                    Ascalon (Tel) - South Church
            
      
      Church Name, type, function
      Site Name:&nbsp;Ascalon (Tel)Church name:&nbsp;South ChurchFunctional Type:&nbsp;ParochialChurch type:&nbsp;Basilical - Free standing basilica
      Location
      Coordinates, ITM system:&nbsp;
  
    156.96618.98  

Coordinates, ICS system:&nbsp;
  
    106.951,119.98  

Geographical region:&nbsp;Southern Coastal PlainTopographical location:&nbsp;On the Tel, about 250 m southwest of Tychaion; 60 m north and parallel to the road leading to the Sea Gate.Provincial affiliation:&nbsp;Palaestina I
      Source of knowledge
      Epigraphy:&nbsp;HideEpigraphy
        
  
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            Summary          
              
    
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            Unpublished fragments of Greek and Cufic inscriptions.
          
              
      Archaeological remains
      Excavated siteExcavators:&nbsp;
 NameDate 

 Garstang (on behalf of BSAJ)1921 


Bibliograpy:&nbsp;

 Conder, C. R. and Kitchener, H. H., 1883p. 240. 
 Garstang, J., 1921 
 Garstang, J., 1921 
 Garstang, J., 1922 
 Ovadiah, A., 197021-22 (no. 9) 
 Pringle, D., 199364-65, no. 17. 
 Huster, Y., 2015p. 49, no. 20 


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      General description
      State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:&nbsp;The church was not entirely excavated. Its measurements are approx. 27.5 X 12.5 m.

      Description
      Illustrative material:&nbsp;

      
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  Figures

  
Façade and entries:&nbsp;Probably only one entrance in the western wall.
Nave:&nbsp;Inside the hall pillars were found which in the opinion of the excavators had supported a dome.
Bema, chancel screen and apse:&nbsp;The apse was external, poligonal. Its chord approx. 5 m and its depth about 2.5 m. South of the central apse a smaller internal apse was found.

      Small finds
      Small finds illustrative material:&nbsp;

      
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      Detailed description
      
      Structure
      Orientation:&nbsp;Facing eastAtrium:&nbsp;NoWater cistern:&nbsp;NoNarthex:&nbsp;NoEast end:&nbsp;External apse, polygonalChurch Head/Chevet:&nbsp;tri-apsidalCentral Apse Category:&nbsp;apsidalApse shape:&nbsp;Hemispherical
      Lateral Apses Function
      Location:&nbsp;S
      Architectural Evolution
      
 General outlineDating materialPhase no.Century 

 7th to 8th centuries. 
Pringle is of the opinion that it is a Crusaders church. 
Phase 17th-8th c. 
 Only small parts of the church were exposed. The abandonment date is unclear.AbandonmentUnknown 


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