A12 Umm al-Jimal — Masechos Church

Howard Crosby Butler and Enno Littmann, Syria: Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904-1905 and 1909, vol. 2:A (Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1919), 176.
Howard Crosby Butler and Enno Littmann, Syria: Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904-1905 and 1909, vol. 2:A (Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1919), 176.

Summary information

Characteristics

Classification

Syrian

  •  Π-shaped chancel
  •  Inscribed mono-apsidal
  •  Rooms on both sides of the apse
  •  West entrance (only two)
  •  Ambo on south
  •  Baptistry in room south of the apse or in the south aisle
  •  Separate south chapel
  •  South entrances from side rooms/chapels

The Archaeology of Liturgy Project reflects research conducted at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem during 2023.