Abstract
Excavations at Ḥorbat Ḥadat revealed a church paved with colorful mosaic floors. Two phases of construction were discerned: an early phase, comprising a basilica-type church and a complex of adjacent rooms; and a later phase, when the plan of the church was altered and reduced in size. The construction of the church is dated according to a Greek inscription in a mosaic floor to the second half of the fifth century CE. It is plausible that the church belonged to a large agricultural monastery that was in use from the mid-fifth or early sixth century through the seventh or mid-eighth century CE.
Keywords
Modi‘in, Judean Shephelah, Lod Valley, chancel screen, column, mosaic, art, epigraphy, Greek inscription, Christianity, cross
Recommended Citation
‘Ad, Uzi; Segal, Orit; Shmueli, Oren; and Cohen, Rudolph
(2020)
"A Byzantine-Period Church at Ḥorbat Ḥadat (Hebrew, pp. 93*–118*; English summary, pp. 141–143),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 101, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1969
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol101/iss1/11
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