TAVOLE
E. Alliata
P. Kaswalder
H. Goldfus
B. Arubas
E. Alliata
M. Piccirillo
R. Schick
I. Peña
P. Figueras
M. Piccirillo
La Settima Stazione della Via Crucis
The Monastery of St. Theoctistus
Le antichità cristiane di Mekawer
Christianity at Humayma
Un puerto fluvial romano en el Orontes
Monks and Monasteries in the Negev Desert
Ricerca in Giordania
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LA SETTIMA STAZIONE
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Foto 1 La parete contenente lo stipite meridionale. Nel foro a mezza altezza
si scorge la colonna antica.
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LA SETTIMA STAZIONE
Fig. 2 La parete contenente lo stipite settentrionale, trasformata in pilastro di
sostegno della volta.
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Foto 3 Il sondaggio di nordovest
con il pilastro crociato e la
fondazione del muro antico in
direzione nord-sud.
Foto 4 La facciata nord del
piedistallo, recentemente
esposta.
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LA SETTIMA STAZIONE
Foto 5 Vecchia stampa con
la colonna della Settima
Stazione appena inclusa
nella cappella (1895).
Foto 6 La base della
colonna riportata alla luce,
così come appare nella
nuova sistemazione
dell’ambiente posto a nord
della cappella.
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THE MONASTERY OF ST. THEOCTISTUS
Photo 1 The Cave Church Complex of Deir Muqallik
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Photo 2 Unit A, looking north-east (1: beaten earth floor; 2: mosaic floor).
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Photo 3 Unit A, looking north-east (5: fifth floor; 2: sixth floor).
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Photo 4 The two niches of the sixth floor.
Photo 5-6 Details of the outher northern wall of the northern niche.
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Photo 7 Detail of the
southern niche with St.
John Damascenus
holding a scroll.
Photo 8 Masonry wall
of a cell on the fifth
floor.
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Photo 9 General view of the northern part of the nartex B (1: entrance to the burial chamber E; 2: sub-unit B 2 ;
3: sub-unit B3).
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Photo 10 Detail of the eastern pair of birds on the mosaic floor of the nartex.
Photo 10A Cross hewn on the eastern wall of the fourth floor of unit A.
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Photo 11 Eastern wall of the church to the south of the apse.
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Photo 12 Detail of the "big fish" in the mosaic floor of Unit C.
Photo 13 Bust of Christ on the eastern wall of Unit C.
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Photo 14 Sub-unit C, looking
north.
Photo 15 Sub-unit C looking
south. The arrows point to
grooves for holding shelves.
The south half of the apse
can be seen through the
missing wall W1.
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Photo 16 Sub-unit C3
looking north. The arrows
point to the entrance to
subunit C2.
Photo 17 Upper left:
subunit C3 looking east.
Right: apse of the church.
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Photo 18 Infrared photograph of the wall painting of the southern half of the
apse. Layers II and III: drapery and feet of Apostles (courtesy of the
Photographic Laboratory of the Israeli Police headquarter - Jerusalem).
Photo 19 A detail of the dado zone of layer II on the northern half of the
apse.
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Photo 20 The ascension.
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Photo 21 General view of the entrance to the underground burial chamber.
Looking north.
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Photo 22 Infrared photograph of the "Hill of Golgotha" (courtesy of the
Photographic Laboratory of the Israeli Police headquarter - Jerusalem).
Photo 23 Masonry vault of the corridor leading into the burial
compartments, looking north.
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Photo 24 General view of the southern part of the burial chamber, looking
south.
Photo 25 The western burial compartment, looking north.
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Photo 26 General view of the central part of the monastery with the medieval
tower. The arrow points to the location of the additional church (?).
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Photo 27 The medieval
tower, looking west.
Photo 28 The upper floor of
the medieval tower.
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Photo 29abc Inscription painted over the entrance to the burial chamber.
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Photo 30 Leaving the cave of Deir Muqallik by means of ropes.
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LE ANTICHITÀ CRISTIANE DI MEKAWER
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Foto 1 Villaggio di Mekawer. Chiesa del Vescovo Malechios con in primo
piano il nome del nuovo vescovo di Madaba.
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Foto 2 Villaggio di Mekawer. Foto aerea (Courtesy of Royal Jordanian
Geographic Center).
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Il villaggio di Mekawer: 1. La chiesa occidentale; 2. La chìesa centrale dei
Vescovo Malechios; 3. La cappella settentrionale; 4. La casa dello shaikh; 5.
Cimitero arabo; 6. Arca cimiteriale antica.
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Foto 3 La chiesa
occidentale in primo
piano con sullo
sfondo le case del
villaggio.
Foto 4 La chiesa
occidentale. Dettaglio
del mosaico.
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Foto 5 La chiesa occidentale. Dettaglio del mosaico.
Foto 6 La
chiesa
occidentale.
L'iscrizione
dopo lo
strappo e il
restauro.
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Foto 7 Lo scavo della chiesa centrale e dell'area circostante.
Foto 8 La chiesa centrale del Vescovo Malechios vista da nord ovest.
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Foto 9 Una stanza con intonaco sulle pareti e sul pavimento.
Foto 10 Una stanza lastricata con canaletta centrale.
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Foto 11 Il presbiterio della chiesa del Vescovo Malechios.
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Foto 12 Il settore orientale della chiesa del Vescovo Malechios.
Foto 13 Lo sguancio absidale con la croce in rilievo.
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Foto 14 Lastra di
pluteo in scisto
bituminoso con croce
fiorita.
Foto 15 Ziro trovato
nel vano di servizio
nord.
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LE ANTICHITÀ CRISTIANE DI MEKAWER
Foto 16 Croce processionale in bronzo trovata nel vano di servizio nord.
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Foto 17 Lacerto della navata centrale con il nome del Vescovo Malechios.
Foto 18 Testata orientale della navata nord.
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LE ANTICHITÀ CRISTIANE DI MEKAWER
Foto 19 La navata settentrionale vista da ovest.
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Foto 20 Piatto con decorazione policroma e iscrizione.
Foto 21 Orlo di ziro con nome inciso.
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Foto 22 Rocchio di colonna e
capitello a foglie.
Foto 23 Architrave con croce in
cerchio al centro di una losanga.
Foto 24 Iscrizione di epoca romana e elementi architettonici.
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Foto 25 Capitellino in pietra
arenaria.
Foto 26 a b c d Capitellino in pietra arenaria dimezzato.
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Foto 27 Rovine del villaggio sul declivio settentrionale con in primo piano
la cappella absidata.
Foto 28 La cappella absidata del declivio settentrionale fotografata nel corso
dei rilievi.
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Fig. 29 La zona del cimitero da cui proviene la pietra tombale con
iscrizione.
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CHRISTIANITY AT HUMAYMA
Phot. 1 Aerial Photograph of the C101 Lower Church. W. and E. Myers.
Phot. 2 General view to the north of the chancel area in the C101 Lower
Church. S. Coliton.
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Phot. 3 North-south section in the nave of the C101 Lower Church. S.
Coliton.
Phot. 4 Fragments of one of the chancel screens from the C101 Lower
Church. B. Douglas.
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Phot. 5 Burial 1 below the nave of the C101 Lower Church. B. Douglas.
Phot. 6 General view to the south of Room 2 of the C101 Lower Church. B.
Douglas.
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Phot. 7 Part of the north-south section in Room 2 of the C101 Lower
Church. S. Coliton.
Phot. 8 General view of Room 3 of the C101 Lower Church. B. Douglas.
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Phot. 9 General view to the south
of Room 4 of the C101 Lower
Church. C. Mundigler.
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Phot. 11 General view to north of
Room 5 of the C101 Lower Church.
C. Mundigler.
Phot. 10 General view to the east of Room 4 of the C101 Lower Church. C.
Mundigler.
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Phot. 12 General view to the east of the C119 Upper Church. C. Mundigler.
Phot. 13 General view of marble fragments in Room 2 of the C119 Upper
Church. J. Oleson.
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Phot. 14 Aerial photograph of the B100 excavation area. W and E. Myers.
Phot. 15 General view to the south of the apse of the B100 church. J.
Oleson.
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Phot. 16 View to the east of the apse of the F.102 church.
Phot. 17 A marble fragment in the
modern Muslim graveyard. J.
Oleson.
Phot. 18 A reused dressed block
with a cross carved on it.
I. PEÑA
UN PUERTO FLUVIAL ROMANO EN EL ORONTES
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Fig. 1 Sillares del muelle M puerto de Derkush formando escalón continuo.
Fig. 2 Sillares del muelle, costeando el cauce M río, en una longitud de 35
metros.
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UN PUERTO FLUVIAL ROMANO EN EL ORONTES
Fig. 3 ‘Ain Sokhne. Inscripción
griega a la entrada de un hipogeo
romano. A la izquierda, un
colono-legionario vestido de
loriga y a la izquierda su mujer.
Fig. 4 ‘Ain Sokhne. Hipogeo
romano con cuatro tumbas,
excavado en la roca sobre una
gruta sacra. Dos personas, una de
pie, la otra recostada, están
representadas sobre la entrada. En
el panel de la izquierda figura un
águila.
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Phot. 1 ‘Ein ‘Avdat, general view of
the source and the eastern wall of the
wadi with monastic caves (photo
Figueras).
Phot. 2 ‘Ein ‘Avdat. Climbing up
the Byzantine steps to the caves
(photo Figueras).
Phot. 3 ‘Ein ‘Avdat, balcony outside
cave no. 2 (photo Figueras).
Phot. 4 ‘Ein ‘Avdat, view from cave
no. 2 on Nahal Tzin (photo
Figueras).
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Phot. 5 Mampsis, west church and building behind it (photo Figueras).
Phot. 6 Mitzpe Shivta, standing arch among the ruins (photo Figueras).
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Phot. 7 Mitzpe Shivta, intact
prayer-cell facing east (photo
Figueras).
Phot. 8 Mitzpe Shivta, part of
an arch with inscriptic (photo
Figueras).
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Phot. 9 Nessana, the recently discovered monastery and church no. 6 (photo
Figueras).
Phot. 10 The Negev desert in the Peutinger Map.
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Phot. 11 Oboda, part of the rooms around atrium of west church (photo
Figueras).
Phot. 12 Sobata, stone bed in atrium of north church (photo Figueras).
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Phot. 13 Sobata, entrance to
monastic complex around
central church (photo B.
Bienczyk)
Phot. 14 Tel ‘Ira, entrance to
the chapel, with decorated
mosaic floor (photo Figueras).
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Fig. 1A Madaba. Area of the Archaeological Park. Aerial View (courtesy
Royal Geographic center - Amman).
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Fig. 1B Madaba. The area of the Roman road at the heigth of the Church of
the virgin before the recent works.
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Fig. 1C Madaba. The Roman road between the Church of the Virgin, on the
northern side, and the Church of the prophet Elijah, on the southern side,
inside the Madaba Archaeological Park. At the end the edifices of the
Madaba Mosaic School (view from the west).
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Fig. 2 Madaba. Queen Nour al-Hussein inaugurates the works of the last
phase of the Madaba Archaeological Park. August 4, 1991.
Fig. 3 Madaba. Queen Nour al-Hussein inaugurates the Madaba
Archaeological Park. November 12, 1995.
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Fig. 4 Madaba. The new edifices of the Madaba Archaeological Park seen
from the north.
Fig. 5 Madaba. The Madaba Archaeological Park seen from the west.
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Fig. 6 Madaba. An aerial view of the new edifices built on the area of the
Church of the Virgin (Arch. ‘Ammar Khammash, Amman).
Fig. 7 Madaba. The Roman road and the foundations of the northern wall of
the Church of the prophet Elijah inside the Madaba Archaeological Park.
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Fig. 8 Madaba. The Franciscan Archaeological Team celebration of the new
Park. August 15, 1995.
Fig. 9 Work in progress to put back the western section of the mosaic floor
in the Hippolytus Hall.
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Fig. 1 Mount Nebo - Siyagha. Excavations on the north-east side of the
mountain.
Fig. 2 Mount Nebo - Siyagha. Excavations on the northern sector of the
monastery.
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Fig. 3 Mount Nebo - Siyagha. A locally made bowl imitating the imported
terra sigillata types.
Fig. 1 Khirbat a]-Mukhayyat. New sketch plan of the al-dayr at the Church
of Saint George (A. Michel).
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Fig. 1 The sktech plan of the monastery of the Theotokos at ‘Ayn alKanisah
with the tower (G. Ortolani).
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Fig. 2 ‘Ayn al-Kanisah. A room in the western sector of the monastery of
the Theotokos (view from the east).
Fig. 3 ‘Ayn al-Kanisah. A view of the western sector of the monastery seen
from the south, with a stairway to the courtyard in front of the chapel.
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Fig. 1 Umm al-Rasas. An aerial photo of the Church of Saint Paul before the
excavations.
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Fig. 2 Umm al-Rasas. The Church of Saint Paul at the end of the two weeks
of digging.
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Fig. 1 Faysaliyah - Madaba. Pianta dello scavo, col mosaico.
HAYYAN AL-MUSHRIF
Fig. 1 Hayyan al-Mushrif au sud de Mafraq (A. Omari).
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Fig. 2 Les ruines de
Hayyan al-Mushrif (A.
Omari).
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Fig. 3 Hayyan al-Mushrif. La basilique. Photo aérienne.
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Fig. 4. 5.
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alMushrif. La
basilique.
Elements du
décor.
Fig. 7 Hayyan ai-Mushrif. Le monastère (ed-Deir).
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Fig. 8 Hayyan al-Mushrif. L'église centrale.
Fig. 9 Hayyan al-Mushrif. Linteau avec trois croix.
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Fig. 10 Hayyan al-Mushrif. L’église nord.
Fig. 11 Hayyan al-Mushrif. La mosquée.
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Fig. 1 Hayyan al-Mushrif. Iscrizione in aramaico palestinese cristiano.
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Map. 1 The
location of
Khirbat Sa‘ad.
Fig. 1 Khirbat
Sa‘ad. Palm tree.
From the mosaic
floor of the
church.
KHIRBAT SA‘AD
Map. 2 The topography of Khirbat Sa‘ad showing the location of the
discoveries of the 1994 Season.
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Fig. 3 Khirbat Sa‘ad. The church and its mosaic floor.
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Fig. 4 Khirbat Sa‘ad. Reconstruction of the mosaic floor program (by M. al-Bataineh).
Fig. 5 Khirbat Sa‘ad. The dedicatory inscription of the church.
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