17842 |
Khirbet Abu Sihwaile |
Church |
Judean Desert fringes |
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12585 |
Khirbet Abu-Ghunneim |
Church |
Judean Desert fringes |
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Simple rectangular room |
A large room with traces of mosaic floor was annexed to the chapel on the south. Its southern end is missing.To its west a vast space with two opening led to the chapel. On the south it was open to the courtyard. A third room was annexed to the chapel farther west, next to the western end of the chapel. |
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11974 |
Khirbet Aristobulias |
Church |
Judean Hills |
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Three units annex. The middle one might had served as a prothesis chapel; the western one - a baptistery (see below). |
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Quadrangular chapel |
The middle room of the southern annex, which was the largest of the three, (approx. 9 X 4.6 m), apparently served as a prothesis chapel. It was paved by a mosaic floor with geometric patterns. The entrance to the chapel from the southern aisle was located near the northeast corner of the room. East of the central room there was another one, of a smaller dimensions (approx. 2.6 X 4.7 m), seemingly a sacristy. |
Simple rectangular room |
The baptistery is located in the western room (4.6 X 4.1 m) of the southern annex. This room was not excavated but a sounding brought to light a decorated stone basin that was apparently the baptismal font. |
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4097 |
Khirbet Banaya (Hazor Ashdod) |
Church |
Shephelah |
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651 |
Khirbet Barqa (Gan Yavneh) |
Church of Bishop John |
Southern Coastal Plain |
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12773 |
Khirbet Batin |
Church |
Samaria Hills |
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17217 |
Khirbet Beit 'Alam |
church (?) |
Shephelah |
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14658 |
Khirbet Beit 'Amra; Ch. Bēt Amra; Kh. Beit Imra; Kh. Beit ʿAmrā |
Lower Church |
Judean Hills |
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14657 |
Khirbet Beit 'Amra; Ch. Bēt Amra; Kh. Beit Imra; Kh. Beit ʿAmrā |
Upper Basilica |
Judean Hills |
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7816 |
Khirbet Beit Sila |
St. Theodor |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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Simple rectangular room |
A large room (6.5 X 4.2 m) was added to the church southeast corner in the second phase. The room was entered from the southern aisle. It was paved with a crude mosaic floor, like that of the pastophoria. Apparently it served as a diakonikon. |
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Trapezoidal room |
An opening in the northern wall of the narthex led to a burial chamber that held three burial troughs (the third is a later addition). It was roofed by a vault and held 8 burials. |
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12645 |
Khirbet Beit Tafa |
Church |
Southern Coastal Plain |
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14665 |
Khirbet Beit ‘Awwa |
El Kenîseh (Central) |
Judean Hills |
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A baptismal font quatrefoil on the outside and the inside was adjoining the church. The font had inner steps which leaded to the rectangular basin from all four sides (1.52x1.47x0.74 m). By the classification of Ben Pechat, it is mostly close to the type 4a, though the arms of the font are not rectangular, but quatrefoil, what makes the significant difference from the plain cross. It is a new font type.
Since the font was found adjoining the church, the baptistery was annexed, but it is not said on what side. |
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14667 |
Khirbet Beit ‘Awwa |
Kh. es-Suwiti; Khirbet Beit ‘Awwa north |
Judean Hills |
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14666 |
Khirbet Beit ‘Awwa |
North-West Church |
Judean Hills |
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14350 |
Khirbet Bism; Kh. Bezem |
Basilica |
Judean Hills |
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12671 |
Khirbet Burqin (Burkin) |
Church |
Samaria Hills |
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12765 |
Khirbet Burra’ish |
Church |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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14711 |
Khirbet Churabe |
Church |
Judean Hills |
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2686 |
Khirbet Damun |
Church |
Mt. Carmel |
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17376 |
Khirbet Deir Esh-Shams |
Church |
Hebron Hills |
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12860 |
Khirbet Deir Shabab esh-Shamaliyya |
Church |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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12342 |
Khirbet Deiry (Nes Harim) |
Church |
Judean Hills |
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Quadrangular chapel |
In the second phase a chapel was added to the church on the south. The chapel was 4 m wide and paved with a mosaic floor with geometric and floral motifs. The eastern part of the chapel was separated from the rest of it by a chancel screen. A Greek inscription in Tabula Ansata, dated to 602/3 or 617/18 was discovered in the mosaic floor of the chapel. |
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13143 |
Khirbet ed Deir |
Church |
Judean Desert |
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A diakonikon room with a rock-cut apse was annexed to the S. |
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Simple rectangular room |
The baptistery - a quadrangular room (3.5 x 9 m, external measurements) was located to the east of the cave-church. It was constructed adjacent to the cliff face, its entrance facing the church. The chamber was paved with a simple patterned mosaic. A small depression in the southwestern corner served as a sump and a small depression where a pitcher was kept was found nearby. The baptismal font (0.7 x 1.09, 0.6 m deep) built to the north of the entrance, was masonry constructed, its inner surface plastered. A single cistern served the church and the baptistery. |
Apsidal chapel |
1. An apsidal burial chapel for priests and deacons was installed to the SE of the church, outside the gatehouse. The chapel was lavishly decorated with a mosaic floor.
2. A small burial chamber is located beyond the western wall of the church. A small vestibule paved with a mosaic featuring two crosses and an inscription relating to the resurrection is leading in. The opening to the chamber was carefully constructed, holding a stone(?) door. The interior of the chamber, partially rock-cut, measures 2 x 2.8 m. A rock bench about 2 m long, 0.7 m wide and 0.5 m high was installed in it. seemingly the founding abbot of the monastery was buried there.
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13601 |
Khirbet ed Duweir (Samaria hills) |
Chapel |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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14716 |
Khirbet ed-Deirat; Khirbet ed-Derat |
Church |
Hebron Hills |
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