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Surroundings:

Abila, Late Chalcolitic clay lion headAbu Hamid, Late Chalcolitic clay figurine

Location:

  • Jordan, Kharjā
  • geo:32.682392,35.868038
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=23981

Annotations

The sixth-century A.D. church basilica on Tell Abila.

See:

  1. W. Harold Mare, Ph.D. Director, Abila Excavations Professor, Covenant Theological Seminary St. Louis, Missouri. "Excavations at Abila of the Decapolis, Northern Jordan", March 2004.-http://www.bibleinterp.com/excavations/Abila_of_the_Decapolis.shtml
  2. Cheryl Eaton, Byzantine church in procession: stational liturgy evidenced at Decapolis Abila, Stone-Campbell Journal (SCJ) XVI/1, 2013, pp. 49-61

Relevant museums

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.


Nearby

Abila of Decapolis

Roman baths.

Abila of Decapolis

http://www.jbu.edu/abila/

Abila of Decapolis, Area E Church

Byzantine monastic complex. Chapel.


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