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
18253 Khirbet Shuwayka; Kh. Shuweike Church prophet Samuel? Monastic Basilica with an annexed chapel Judean Hills Jerusalem Palaestina I monoapsidal with lockable pastophoria (mon-aps II) JP 1
12894 Khirbet el-Mukatir‎; Khirbet el-Maqatir‎ Church Monastic? Basilica with an annexed chapel Southern and Western Samaria Jerusalem Palaestina I + The vaulted space that carried the wide staircase that led up to the elevated bema, designated "crypt" by Byers et alii, and depicted in the 3D reconstruction, extended east also under the bema. It was open to the north and to the east. Facing east Yes Yes No 2 Colonnade Corinthian Internal apses tri-apsidal apsidal U shaped without lateral openings The bema was much elevated above the nave, A vaulted crypt existed under the broad staircase that led up. The staircase held the entire width of the bema (see Ritmeyer's reconstruction). more no remains No Hemispherical No N & S In Phase 1, lockable pastophoria, rather than dead ends might had precede the lateral apses of Phase 2, but this is not certain. The aisles might have dead ends at the eastern wall of the church. A rectangular vat uncovered in the room to the north of the western gate of the atrium, was interpreted as a baptismal pond. above both aisles Their existence is suggested by Byers et alii, and they are also depicted in the colorful 3D reconstruction. AM 1
12775 Phasaelis; Khirbet Fasayil Church of Cyriac(?) Monastic Free standing basilica Southern Jordan Valley Regio Jericho Palaestina I Facing east Yes 2 Arcade of pillars Internal apse apsidal Miscellaneous shape Very narrow, under the main arch of the apse. Traces of a stone screen. 1 step up no remains Inside the apse No Flush with the bema No N & S 3x3m, lockable. Cross-shaped installation, plastered, suggesting that it served as a baptistry. Poor state of preservation; 3x3m, lockable. Inside the apse Northern pastophorium. Masonry built cruciform cruciform 4a AM 1
18397 Bir Abu Jureida church (?) Unknown Unknown North-Western Negev Gaza Palaestina I JP 1
18400 Tell Tumas Church? Τhomas the apostle Unknown Unknown Beth Shean Valley Scythopolis Palaestina II JP 1
13083 Emmaus; ʻImwas (Nicopolis) church (?) Parochial Free standing basilica Judean Hills Nikopolis Palaestina I Facing to southeast No No No 2 Corinthian External apse, polygonal tri-apsidal (central external, lateral internal) apsidal base plate Inside the apse No Hemispherical Yes Against the apse grades The northern apse is 2.4 m deep and 4 m wide. Similar to the northern apse. Inside the apse AM 1
13086 Emmaus; ʻImwas (Nicopolis) North Church Pilgrims' church Free standing basilica Shephelah Nikopolis Palaestina I Facing southeast. No No Yes 2 Corinthian Internal apse two openings flanking the apse (mon-aps IV) apsidal base plate Inside the apse No Hemispherical No Inside the apse A baptistery is ‎located behind ‎the apse, to ‎its east, and ‎could be ‎accessed from ‎within the ‎church through two openings on either side of the apse. Basilical in shape, two columns on either side, separate its nave from its aisles. Two fonts are located in the apse - a quadrifoil within a circle is located in its center and a smaller, circular font, to its north. ‎The rectangular structure attached to the baptistery on the north served as a water cistern that fed the two fonts. Masonry built circular quadrifoil 9a AM 1
14828 Ascalon (Newe Yam) Funerary Chapel Funerary chapel Free standing Southern Coastal Plain Ascalon Palaestina I Northwest-southeast, to the chest-tomb. Yes The cist-shaped burial (1.0×1.2×2.2 m) was oriented northeast–southwest. It was built of large kurkar ashlars and covered with a vaulted ceiling, that protruded ca. 0.5 m above the general floor level. The molded entrance was located on the eastern side of the grave. It was comprised from a threshold and doorjambs (all carved from limestone), with the recesses for a door (not preserved). The cist-tomb inside was covered by marble slabs, probably in the secondary use. One of them, found in situ, bear a Greek inscription (see architectural members). A big dolium was set in the floor in the center of the chamber near the burial pit. It was suggested that it was intended for sacred offerings in honor of the dead, perhaps in a saint's cult. The bones were not collected. Another burial locus, also built of large kurkar ashlars, was in a hole cut in the bedrock. It was uncovered ca. 5 m to the east of the main burial. ST 1
11972 Ḥorvat Beer Shem'a; Birsama St. Stephanos Basilica dedicated to St. Stephanos; the baptismal chapel - to the Trinity. Parochial Annex\es on N & S Beer Sheba Valley Saltus Gerariticus Palaestina I Facing east No Yes 2 Internal apse monoapsidal with open lateral rooms or spaces (mon-aps I) apsidal U shaped without lateral openings plate, legs Stone, table-like Depression in the floor In the middle of the bema Yes base plate N Lime stone On an hexagonal slab Flush with the bema Hemispherical No N & S The dimensions of both pastophoria were 3.5 X 3.5 m. At the center of the chamber remains of a marble faced hexagonal installation (each side 0.5 long) were exposed, apparently for the placement of a sacred object or relics. It was not a lockable room. The southern pastophorium was identical to the northern one and also contained the same remains of an hexagonal reliquary. It was not a lockable room. In the middle of the bema elsewhere In both rooms flanking the apse, as described above. In addition, a fragment of a reliquary box was found. Its original location - if in one of the rooms flanking the apse (in the hexagonal containers), or under the altar - in a depression - cannot be determined. A baptismal chapel, dedicated to the Trinity, is attached to the basilica on the southwest. The chapel was probably entered from the narthex. In its eastern part there is a semicircular baptismal font. The font originally had a marble facing both inside and outside, which has not been preserved. Masonry built semicircle semicircle 3a above both aisles Balustrade columns and fragments of mosaics uncovered in the aisles over their floors suggest their existence. AM 1
18051 Hebron; Haram el-Khalil Cave of the Patriarchs Patriarchs Memorial Free standing basilica Hebron Hills Jerusalem + Tombs of the Patriarchs; a cave, rooms, corridor. Not accessible to pilgrims. Orientation dictated by the earlier Herodian precinct. Yes 4 n/a quadrangular elsewhere The tombs of the patriarchs are marked by 6 mausoleums. Their shape in the Early Christian period is unknown. JP 1
13614 MAMRE; Mambre; Ramat al-Khalil Church The Toly Trinity Memorial Annex\es on N & S Judean Hills Jerusalem Palaestina I Facing east Yes Yes Yes 2 Colonnade Internal apse dead end aisles (mon-aps III) SB 1
15348 CAPERNAUM The Octagonal church of St. Peter Apostle Peter, or Simon Cephas Memorial Octagonal Sea of Galilee Tiberias Palaestina II Facing east Yes External apse, round monoapsidal with open lateral rooms or spaces (mon-aps I) apsidal N & S For the building of the eastern part of the octagon the wall of the 4th century CE court was used, the octagon was inscribed into it. Before construction of the apse, there were pairs of rectangular irregular rooms on both sides and two triangular rooms, which were connected to each other; all of them were bordered with the 4th century straight wall from the east and by the walls of the octagon from the west. After the apse was built, triangular rooms were separated from each other. The rooms on the northern side were connected to each other through the passages. The baptismal font is placed in layer of lime and stone in the apse ( https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/illustrative_material/31_fig._1.jpg ). Diemensions: 68X70 cm. and 48 cm. deep. In the south-western wall there is an opening of 15 cm in diameter for the drainage. Stairs leading in from the north and south. Masonry built rectangular rectangular 1a ST 1
15904 CAPERNAUM House of St. Peter Domus Ecclesiae Apostle Peter, or Simon Cephas Memorial Other Sea of Galilee Tiberias Palaestina II ST 1
13005 CASTELLION; Khirbet el Mird - Chapel Chapel Monastic With an annexed room Judean Desert Jerusalem Palaestina I Facing east External apse, round apsidal Hemispherical elsewhere A lid of a reliquary box was found in the chapel in the 1920's. During cleaning of the chapel in the 1920's a square font was found laid in the courtyard. Dimensions: 1 m. wide on its outer part and 0.57 m. wide on the inside (carved diagonally). 0.65 m. high yet 0.32 deep. Monolithic circular circular 7a SB 1
18629 Ḥazerim Church Unknown Unknown Beer Sheba Valley Saltus Gerariticus Palaestina III JP 1
18633 Ramat Yishay church (?) Unknown Unknown Lower Galilee Sepphoris Palaestina II JP 1
18638 Kh. Jannaba et-Taḥta Chapel (?) Monastic? Unknown Shephelah Eleutheropolis Palaestina I JP 1
18666 Ḥof Shiqma; Tell esh-Shuqaf Church St. John Unknown Basilical Gaza strip Gaza Yes JP 1
18698 Giv‘ot Bar (Naḥal Peḥar) Chapel Monastic Chapel North-Western Negev Gaza Palaestina I Facing east Yes Internal apse no remains Flush with the bema The flagstones in R3 to the west of the plaster paved apse covered two tombs, each measuring 0.7 × 1.7 m. Hence the chapel served also as a burial chapel. Two epitaphs were written on the plaster of two stone blocks uncovered near the entrance to the assembly hall. One of them (inscription 3), is dated to 647 CE. JP 1
12800 Ḥorvat Bira; Khirbet el-Bira Church Unknown Basilica with an annexed chapel Southern and Western Samaria Diospolis Palaestina I Facing east Yes Yes No 2 Internal apse monoapsidal with open lateral rooms or spaces (mon-aps I) apsidal U shaped without lateral openings 2 steps up no remains No Flush with the bema Hemispherical No AM 1

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