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The Monastery of Eusebius in Khirbet er-Ras (Kefar Truman)

Dayan, Ayelet and Bollók, Ádám (2021) The Monastery of Eusebius in Khirbet er-Ras (Kefar Truman). ACTA ARCHAEOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 72 (1). pp. 193-213. ISSN 0001-5210 (print); 1588-2551 (online)

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Abstract

The present paper publishes the archaeological remains of a monastery church excavated in 1958 at Khirbet er-Ras (Kefar Truman), Israel. The description of the architectural remains, including the three-aisled basilica and the structures surrounding it, is based on the archival documentation. This is followed by the detailed description and analysis of the church’s mosaic pavements, preserved in the nave and in both side-aisles, with special emphasis on the mosaic decoration of the nave’s central panel, set as a carpet design made up of florets enclosed by outlined scales, whose Levantine parallels are reviewed. In contrast to the sixth-century CE date proposed in previous reports, the setting of the floor is here placed into the third quarter of the fifth century CE based on Leah Di Segni’s palaeographic date of the mosaic’s inscription located in front of the sanctuary area. Using this revised date as a springboard for further discussion, a less linear stylistic development of mosaic floors covered by floral semis ornaments embedded in plain and outlined scales is suggested.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: MTA KFB támogatási szerződés alapján archiválva
Uncontrolled Keywords: early Byzantine monastery church, late Antiquity, early Christianity in Judean shephelah, three-aisled basilica, mosaic, scale imbrication pattern, floral semis
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History / történeti segédtudományok > CC Archaeology / régészet
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2021 14:47
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2023 12:40
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/130314

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