H04 Bosra — Church #3

Howard Crosby Butler, Early Churches in Syria: Fourth to Seventh Centuries, Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology (Princeton, N.J.: Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, 1929), 119, fig.116.
Howard Crosby Butler, Early Churches in Syria: Fourth to Seventh Centuries, Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology (Princeton, N.J.: Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, 1929), 119, fig.116.

Summary information

Characteristics

Classification

Syrian

  •  Π-shaped chancel
  •  Inscribed mono-apsidal
  •  Rooms on both sides of the apse
  •  West entrance (presumed)
  •  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.