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12688 |
Zababde (Ez-Zababide) |
Church |
Samaria Hills |
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14523 |
Zarafend; Tsurufa |
North Church |
Coastal plain |
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14524 |
Zarafend; Tsurufa |
South Church |
Coastal plain |
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13464 |
Zefat Adi |
Chapel |
Western Galilee |
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14539 |
ZIPH |
Church |
Hebron Hills |
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12289 |
ʻAbud |
Deir Sim'an |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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12283 |
ʻAbud |
Greek Orthodox church of Setti Miriam; al-'Abudiyah |
Southern and Western Samaria |
The northern annex, 12.8m long, was excavated in 1997 by Taha. In the Byzantine period it comprised of two rooms, each 5.40m long and 2.10 wide. They were mosaic paved. The dividing walls were added in a later sub-phase.
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On the south side of the church is a simple rectangular room 6x6m in dimensions, divided by two columns. It had an opening in the west, and two other - in the south. Pringle was of the opinion that originally it was connected with the southern aisle. Bagatti is of the opinion that it served as an annexed chapel. |
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Quadrangular chapel |
The two units northern annex, mosaic paved, might have been an annexed chapel. |
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12251 |
ʻAbud |
Mar Abadiah; Mar A’badja; Mar Abadja |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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12253 |
ʻAbud |
St. Theodore; Mar Todros; Mar Thodrous |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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12252 |
ʻAbud |
Sta. Anastasia; Deir Nostas; Deir Nestesieh |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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12250 |
ʻAbud |
Sta. Barbara; Barbāra el-Kenīseh; Barbāra el-Kadīseh |
Southern and Western Samaria |
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12720 |
ʻAcraba |
Church |
Samaria Hills |
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13326 |
ʻAgur: ʻAjjur: Kh. el-ʻInab |
Church |
Judean Hills |
See below, under baptistery. |
See below, under baptistery. |
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Simple rectangular room |
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. |
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16048 |
ʻAmqa |
Church |
Western Galilee |
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11975 |
ʻAnab el-Kabir (Khirbet ʻAnab) |
Church |
Judean Hills |
In the second phase a northern wing was erected along the church's northern wall. The inner dimensions of this wing are 19.1 X 4.3 m. It includes a chapel on the east and a baptistery on the west. Apparently, the chapel had a second story, to which led the staircase from the narthex. |
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In the second phase a northern wing was erected along the church's northern wall. The inner dimensions of this wing are 19.1 X 4.3 m. It includes a prothesis chapel on the east (11.70x 4.30m) and a baptistery on the west. Stairs uncovered in the NW corner of the narthex might had led to an upper floor above this wing.
The eastern unit of the chapel (4.40x3.90m) was 1 step (0.35 m) higher in comparison to the hall to its west. It served as the chapel's bema, measuring 4.4 X 3.9 m. The floor of the room was paved with a white mosaic floor surrounding a colorful rectangular carpet. The central room measured 7.8 X 4.3 m and was paved with a mosaic floor of three carpets with a more elaborate patterns. An opening near its SW corner permitted access from the northern aisle. In a later subphase benches were laid over the mosaic floors against the northern and the southern walls. |
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The baptismal font of the second phase of the church was located in the western unit of the northern annex, to the west of the prothesis chapel. (As a matter of fact, the entire wing could also serve as a baptismal chapel). This western unit, 4.3 X 6.4 m in dimensions, was separated from the central hall by a screen with a central passage. It held a baptismal font. The baptismal hall was paved with a white mosaic floor and raised ca. 0.4 m above the floor of the chapel's hall.
The baptismal font was looted, only its imprints were left. These permit to reconstruct the shape of the font - octagonal with concave facets on the outside and cruciform on the inside.
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13084 |
ʻAnata |
Church |
Judean Hills |
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15344 |
ʻArrâba |
Church |
Lower Galilee |
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12675 |
ʻArrabeh |
Church |
Samaria Hills |
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12401 |
ʿEin Fattir |
Church |
Judean Hills |
The northern annex, of two rectangular units, was added in the 2nd Phase. The eastern unit seems to have served as a prothesis chapel see below).
The western unit had an opening to the west. It might have served for storing the offerings of the faithful; a store-room\diakonikon of a kind.
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The annex on the south had four openings, one in each of its walls. One open to the west, a second, on the north, coming from the narthex; the third, in its eastern wall, lead to the southern courtyard and the fourth, to an unexcavated building on the south. The function of this annex is not clear; it seems to have been a passage room. |
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Quadrangular chapel |
The northern annex, of two rectangular units, was added in the 2nd Phase. The eastern unit was mosaic paved. It was accessed by an opening in the northern aisle. Its eastern part seems to be elevated and separated by a screen from the western part, thus resembling a quadrangular prothesis chapel. |
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