East Church Complete

ID: 256

Building type: church

Context:

church

Site:

Inscriptions:

409

Description:

Dating to 414/415 AD, the East Church is a basilican structure composed of three aisles divided by arcades and terminating in an apse. A prothesis adjoins the north side, a diaconium occupies the south, and a small baptistery is likewise situated along the southern flank. Plan source: Butler, H. C., 1903, Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899–1900, vol. 2: Architecture and Other Arts, New York, fig. 50. Further reference: Butler, H. C., 1903, Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899–1900, vol. 2: Architecture and Other Arts, New York, p. 135.