chamber Complete

ID: 186

Building type: unknown

Context:

monastery

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Description:

On the chapel’s northern flank, a contiguous chamber—identified as Room 25 on the plan—was uncovered. Its floor preserved a mosaic pavement. In the southern portion of the room, a carpet-like rectangular panel measuring 2.40 by 1.75 m was laid out in black-and-white tesserae at a density of 49 per square decimeter, forming a lattice of lozenges. Within the central area toward the east, six of these lozenges enclose squares rendered in a black-and-white checkerboard arrangement. Bibliography: Di Segni, L., "Greek Inscriptions from the Monastery at Khirbet el-Qaṣr", in: Christians and Christianity IV: Churches and Monasteries in Judea, edited by Carmin, N., Jerusalem, 2012: 299-302. Magen, Y., Har-Even, B. and Sharukh, I., "A Roman Tower and a Byzantine Monastery at Khirbet El-Qasr", in: Christians and Christianity IV- Churches and Monasteries in Judea, edited by Carmin, N., Jerusalem, 2012: 247-298.