Attached structures

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Nid Site Name Church name Geographical region Annex/es on the north Annex/es on the south Secondary basilica Secondary basilica description Prothesis chapel / Diakonikon Prothesis chapel / Diakonikon description Baptistery Baptistery description Burial room or chapel Burial room or chapel description Sacristy / skeuophylakion Sacristy / skeuophylakion description Martyrs chapel Martyrs chapel description Count
12625 Beit Tima Church Southern Coastal Plain 1
12897 Beit ‘Ur et-‎Tahta Chapel Southern and Western Samaria 1
12859 Beitin Church Southern and Western Samaria 1
16357 Beth Govrin (Eleutheropolis) Church Shephelah 1
13124 Beth Govrin (Eleutheropolis) el-Maqerqesh Shephelah Simple rectangular room A simple rectangular room south of the apse. 1
11971 Beth Govrin (Eleutheropolis) Mahatt el-Urdi church Shephelah Two units annex. The western unit is an apsidal chapel with a narrow ante-chamber. The second unit, located farther east, comprises of three narrower and smaller rooms, whose purpose is unclear; seemingly - sacristies. Only the foundations were preserved, so no interconnecting passages between them and the southern aisle, or between themselves could be determined. Apsidal chapel An apsidal chapel with a narrow ante-chamber is attached to the church on the south. Only the foundations were preserved, so no interconnecting passage between it and the southern aisle could be determined. 1
13116 Beth ha-Shita; Khirbet Shata Chapel Beth Shean Valley 1
13686 Beth Neqofa Church Judean Hills Two rectangular rooms. The eastern one, with a baptismal font in its NE corner, might have served as baptistery and as a prothesis/diakonikon in one and the same time. Quadrangular chapel The font, qudrilobed in a square block, was located in the north west corner of the annexed chapel. Font dimesions: 80x80 cm. Its full depth cannot be estimated due to damage. The center of the font is square, 45X45 cm. and 20 cm. deep. with a small depression in the center. See also above, northern annex. Quadrangular chapel See above, northern annex. The walls are made of limestone and the floor is paved with a white mosaic . 1
149 Beth Yerah (Philotheria; Khirbet el-Kerak) Church Sea of Galilee Apsidal chapel In phase 1 it was suggested that the basin in the atrium had a baptismal function. But this cannot be ascertained (Delougaz and Haines 1960, 23). No baptismal feature were recognized in the northern annex in phases 1 and 2 of the church. In Phase 3 the northern annex of the church was reshaped as an apsidal baptismal chapel with a square antechamber (mesaulion of the inscription – see below), to its west. The hall was 5.20 X 6.80 m in dimensions; the apse – 4.75 m in diameter. The level of mosaic floor of the antechamber was 25 cm lower than that of the chapel's hall. One step (non-extant), bridge between the two levels. The antechamber was also separated from the hall by two columns with an opening in-between. The antechamber was approached by a doorway set in the eastern half of the northern wall of the north aisle. Two baptismal fonts were discerned in the chapel. The first was a circular plastered basin (Ben Pechat type 7a), 80 cm in diameter, located in the center of the hall. The later one, a mushroom-shaped basin (a semicircle 93 cm in diameter, with an added rectangle of 45 X 48 cm = Ben Pechat type 5), located in the apse of the room. An inscription found in front of this font and dated to Autumn 528 CE, mentions the laying down the mosaic floor of the antechamber (mesaulon) and of the diakonikon. (Delougaz and Haines 1960, 16, Pls. 13, 15 and 16, L10:12 (antechamber); 17-18, Pls. 9:E, 13, and 21:2 (baptismal font). 1
14492 Beth Zacharia; Khirbet Beit Sakariyya Beth Zacharia Judean Hills 1
12596 Bethany (Bethania; el 'Azariye) St. Lazarus (First Church) Judean Desert fringes 1
12597 Bethany (Bethania; el 'Azariye) St. Lazarus (Second Church) Judean Desert fringes An opening in the middle of the northern aisle and segment of a wall running north suggest the existence of an annexed hall on this side. Its function cannot be determined. Simple rectangular room An elongated chapel (16 X 5 m) abutting against the south side of the atrium, with two entrances: one on the west side and one on the north. The chapel's floor is paved with colored mosaic in geometric patterns and plant motifs. 1
13703 Bethlehem Chapel Judean Hills 1
13315 Bethlehem Mausoleum of David Judean Hills 1
14532 Bethlehem MILK GROTTO Judean Hills 1
13175 Bethlehem The Nativity: Constantinian church Judean Hills 1
13191 Bethlehem The Nativity: Justinian church Judean Hills Other An oblong rectangular chapel - Sacristy and Chapel of St. George in Hamilton's 1968 map (Fig. 8), accessed by a staircase from the bema, is attached to the church on its SE corner. 1
14456 Bethlehem in Galilee; Bethlehem of Zebulun Basilica Lower Galilee Baptismal chapel. See below. The part exposed by Ovadiah had a lavish mosaic floor. It looks like the eastern part of a quadrangular prothesis chapel. Quadrangular chapel The part exposed by Ovadiah had a lavish mosaic floor. It looks like the eastern part of a quadrangular prothesis chapel. Apsidal chapel A baptismal chapel (13x4.5 m in dimensions) was attached to the church on the north. The semi-circular font (Ben-Pechat type 3a), masonry built, 1.5x1m in dimension and 0.69m deep, was sunken into the floor of the apse. It was lined with stone slabs. Its floor was of white mosaics. Three piers were attached to the northern wall, supporting the hall’s ceiling by three arches. According to V. Michel (2004), the apsidal layout was preceded by a rectangular chapel without an apse. The western, eastern and northern walls of the annexed hall are just one stone thick. In a later stage the eastern wall was dismantled to is lowest course and replaced by a protruding apse, two stones thick, with a fill in between. The earlier wall served as a copping of the semi-circular font installed in the apse. In the first, quadrangular phase the annex might had served as a baptistery as well. Given the fact that its walls were just one-stone thick, it might have been an additional annex. 1
13615 BETHTHER; BETHER; Battir church (?) Judean Hills 1
15997 Bir Abu Faur Church Western Galilee 1
18397 Bir Abu Jureida church (?) North-Western Negev 1
18184 Bir al Hamam Chapel Samaria Hills Simple rectangular room A spacious hall is located to the north of the chapel, labelled by Taha et alii 2015 "Reunion Room", and interpreted by Abu Alsaud (2018) as a refectory. It was accessed, like the chapel, from the broad staircase. A doorway near its SW corner connected it with the chapel. A third door, near its SE corner, connected it with the "Eastern Room". The floor was mosaic paved (less well preserved than that of the chapel). Two Greek inscriptions, facing east, both in tabula ansata and in a fragmentary state, were incorporated in the floor. One next to its western opening, the other - in its center. Simple rectangular room Thus should be interpreted the "Eastern Room" (Taha et alii) / "Storeroom (Abu Alsaud). A door, opening to the inside, connected it with the "Reunion Room". It was blocked in Phase 2. It was excavated down to bedrock, below its original floor level (as is reflected in one of the photos and from the EW section. 1
13172 Bir el Qattar SPELAION; cave Chapel Judean Desert 1
13368 Bir el Qattar SPELAION; Church Judean Desert 1
12587 Bir el-Qutt church ST. THEODORE? Judean Desert fringes 1

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