Church components table

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Nid Site Name Church name Dedication Functional Type Church type Geographical region Bishopric Provincial affiliation Crypt Accessibility and description Function Orientation Atrium Water cistern Narthex Aisles Colonnades / Arcades Capital types Transept Aisles East end Church Head/Chevet Central Apse Bema type Bema type text Elevation of Bema above nave Altar remains Altar type Altar reliquiarium type Altar location Secondary tables Ciborium Ambo Ambo remains Ambo location Ambo materials Ambo placement Apse elevation Apse shape Synthronon Synthronon location Synthronon remains Synthronon description Pastophoria loci Description and function of northern Description and function of southern Northern apse description and function Southern apse description and function Altar location Cult of relics loci Reliquiaries: shapes and contents Loci Font structure External shape Internal shape Ben-Peshat type Upper galleries Galleries description Burials loci Author (created) Count
13279 Thecoa; Kh. Tekoa; Teqo'a Church AMOS/ ST. NICOLAS (?) Parochial Basilical Judean Desert fringes Eleutheropolis Palaestina I Facing east No Yes No 2 External apse, quadrangular dead end aisles (mon-aps III) apsidal An octagonal baptismal font was found ca. 30 m from the church. Monolithic octagonal circular TB 1
13278 Mount Scopus (east) THEODORUS AND CYRIACUS Monastic Chapel Judean Desert fringes Jerusalem Palaestina I Facing east No Yes No N A hall, parallel to the church hall was partially preserved. The excavators identified the hall as "a baptistery or prothesis chapel". (see Pastophoria) TB 1
13438 Naḥal Qidron Church Monastic Chapel Judean Desert fringes Jerusalem Palaestina I the axis of the chapel is not strictly coordinated with the geographical north and south, so the apse is oriented to the north-east No Yes Yes Internal apse dead end aisles (mon-aps III) legs Under the northerrn courtyard the burial complex was located, to which three entrances were leading. Near the entrances the installation for collecting water from the roof was located. This burial complex was used for the most important dwellers of the monastery. The tombs were decorated with painted and carved cross, lately defaced. In some tombs the bones were found, including the bones of the child. In the last days of the excavations the entrance to the eastern burial complex was revealed (Fig. 15). Not fully excavated. The remains of the leather footwear were found in one of the rooms (Sukenk 2017) and the iron cross identified as Mediterranean cypress. Plenty of human remains. TB 1
13441 Qasr Khalife Chapel Monastic Chapel Hebron Hills Eleutheropolis Palaestina I No No TB 1
13095 Ras Abu-Subeitan Chapel Monastic With an annexed room Jerusalem (Greater Jerusalem) Jerusalem Palaestina I Yes AM 1
13119 Deir el-Ghawi Chapel (?) Monastic Unknown Hebron Hills Eleutheropolis Palaestina I TB 1
13169 Khallet Abu Dhabakh; Khallat Abu Dabaḥ Church Monastic? Basilical Hebron Hills Eleutheropolis Palaestina I Yes 2 Colonnade External apse, round apsidal TB 1
17835 Jericho Greek Church of Abuna Antimos St. Antimos Parochial Basilical Southern Jordan Valley Regio Jericho Palaestina I Colonnade ST 1
12920 Jericho Church of St. Andrew St. Andrew (?) Monastic Unknown Southern Jordan Valley Regio Jericho Palaestina I Yes AM 1
13555 Jericho Northwest Martyr Georgius Unknown Basilica with an annexed chapel Southern Jordan Valley Regio Jericho Palaestina I Facing east Colonnade Corinthian SB 1
13369 Bassat el Kharrar Church Monastic Cave church Southern Jordan Valley Medaba Palaestina I TB 1
13112 Tel 'Ira ST. PETER ST. PETER Monastic Chapel Beer Sheba Valley Eleutheropolis Palaestina III Facing east Yes Yes External apse, round monoapsidal with lockable pastophoria (mon-aps II) apsidal N & S The northern room opens into the chapel as well as into the atrium may have served as a storeroom or a prosthesis. The southern room was paved with stone flags, its function unclear but it may have served as a storeroom. TB 1
13181 Mizpe Shivta; el Mishrefa ST. GEORGE (?) ST. GEORGE (?) Monastic Chapel Central Negev Elusa Palaestina III Facing east No No No Internal apse apsidal 2 steps up TB 1
13172 Bir el Qattar SPELAION; cave Chapel St. Sabas Monastic Cave chapel Judean Desert Jerusalem Palaestina I No No plate, legs, foundations Marble, table like TB 1
13368 Bir el Qattar SPELAION; Church Monastic Unknown Judean Desert Jerusalem Palaestina I Facing east TB 1
13170 Masada MARDA Monastic Chapel Judean Desert Eleutheropolis Palaestina I Facing east Yes Internal apse n/a apsidal no remains N under altar A depression preserved in the apse suggest that a reliquary was placed there. A marble, sarcophagus-like reliquary was uncovered in the casemate wall to the NW, covered by a heap of stone. Seemingly it was hidden there by one of the monk before the site was abandoned. TB 1
13466 Deir Dosi THEODOSIUS (?) Monastic Basilical Judean Desert fringes Jerusalem Palaestina I TB 1
2983 Nessana SS. Sergius and Bacchus (North church) SS. Sergius and Bacchus Parochial Basilica with an annexed chapel Central Negev Elusa Palaestina III Facing east Yes Yes 2 Arcade of columns Corinthian Internal apse monoapsidal with open lateral rooms or spaces (mon-aps I) apsidal U shaped without lateral openings 1 step up no remains Yes base plate N On an hexagonal slab Flush with the bema Hemispherical Yes Against the apse other The synthronon itself has not survived. It is indicated by a rectangular stone base for the bishop's throne that projects from the wall of the apse to a length of 1.95 m. N & S The pastophorium is of an irregular shape, measuring approx. 4.3 X 3.5 m, continued behind the apse. Similar to the northern pastophorium. elsewhere A reliquiary was found in a room to the NW of the basilica. The font is attached to the eastern wall of the baptistery. Masonry built square semicircle 3b SB 1
11983 Nessana St. Mary Theotokos (South Church) According to the inscription dedicated to St. Mary Theotokos Parochial Basilica with an annexed chapel Central Negev Elusa Palaestina III Facing east Yes Yes Yes 2 Arcade of columns Internal apses tri-apsidal apsidal Transversal 2 steps up On the apse cord Yes base plate N On a Rectangular slab Flush with the bema Hemispherical No The northern apse is 2 m deep and 2.5 m wide. The southern apse is 2 m deep and 2.9 m wide. On the apse cord AM 1
11984 Nessana Central Church Parochial Annex\es on N & S Central Negev Elusa Palaestina III Facing east Yes Yes 2 Internal apse monoapsidal with open lateral rooms or spaces (mon-aps I) apsidal T shaped with three openings 2 steps up plate, legs, base plate Marble, table like No altar reliquiarium In the middle of the bema Yes indicated by screen N Marble On an hexagonal slab Flush with the bema Hemispherical Yes Against the apse indications on the floor The existence of the synthronon is indicated by rectangular sockets on the limestone paving slabs of the apse. The graded benches of the synthronon were apparently made of wood, since the remains of Lebanese cedar and a large number of nails were found in the vicinity of the apse. N & S The northern pastophorium measures 4 X 3.1 m. The floor is completely destroyed, probably by the Ottoman activity at the site. The room was lockable, since the northern doorpost stones survived in place. The southern pastophorium (called by the excavator "diaconicon") measures 3.35 X 3.1 m. The entrance to this room is 1.25 m wide. The room is paved with colored mosaic floor with floral and geometric patterns. In the middle of the bema The baptismal font is located at the center of the bema of the baptismal chapel annexed to the basilica from north. The font structure was changed during the time. At the beginning it was horseshoe shaped both from exterior and interior (type 3a). It was built of cement and small stones and faced with marble. Later on, a monolithic font, octagonal on the outside (0.85 m in diameter) and circular on the inside (0.65 m in diameter) (type 7c), was placed inside the original font. The height of the font in both periods was about 0.4 m above the floor. Masonry built semicircle circular 3a AM 1

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