Kabri; Bir el Khazna; Khirbet Ḥazne; La Qatranye Complete

Description

A fragment of a pavement mosaic was uncovered beside an ancient cistern at this site. The toponym “La Qatranye” has been interpreted as indicating a dedication to Saint Catherine. Located in the vicinity of the modern village of al-Kabri, the remains appear to represent a modest settlement, probably associated with a monastery. At present, a quarry occupies the base of the slope to the west of the site. Further reading: CIIP V 6054. Desreumaux, A. 1979. Les matériaux du syro-palestinien. Pour une étude théorique des documents d'un dialecte, thèse dactylographiée, Paris X-Nanterre. Desreumaux, A. 1987. "La naissance d’une nouvelle écriture araméenne à l’époque byzantine", Semitica 37: 95–107. Bir el Khazna [in:] A Digital Corpus of Early Christian Churches and Monasteries in the Holy Land ( https://dig.corps-cmhl.huji.ac.il/node/12528)