Church Complete

ID: 262

Building type: church

Context:

church

Site:

Inscriptions:

414

Description:

Dated to 473/494 AD, the church at Ḫirbat al-Ḫaṭīb is a three-aisled arcaded basilica whose ground plan is nearly square, an uncommon configuration. The sanctuary includes an apse and a semicircular presbytery, accompanied by two flanking side chambers. Entry is from the south, where two doorways are provided. Source of plan: Butler, H. C. (ed.), 1920. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1905–5 and 1909. Division II: Architecture, Section B: Northern Syria, Leiden, III 207. See also: Butler, H. C. (ed.), 1920. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1905–5 and 1909. Division II: Architecture, Section B: Northern Syria, Leiden, 202–204.