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Surroundings:

Deir Seta, BaptisteryDeir Seta, BaptisteryBanqusa, South ChurchJuwaniyeNorth wall of the Soutch Church at KokanayaTomb of Eusebius at KokanayaPyramidal Tomb at KokanayaArshin, ChurchSyriac inscription from baptistery of DehesDehes, East Church. Portal in South wall

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Bīrat Kaftayn
  • geo:36.10078,36.644978
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 1xx / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • invisible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29737

Annotations

Deir Seta is located in the Idlib governorate in the central area of the northern Syrian limestone massif in the south of the Jebel Barischa, on the eastern edge of this karst hilly area. The site was inhabited in Roman and byzantine periods. The funerary inscription prooved the second century AD.

Sources:

  1. Lidewijde de Jong, The Archaeology of Death in Roman Syria: Commemoration, Empire, and Community, Cambridge University Pres 2017, p. 279

Nearby

Deir Seta, Hexagonal Baptistery

Sixth century baptistery at Der Seta.

Deir Seta, Baptistery

Sixth century baptistery.

Deir Seta, North Church

Deir Sita. Der Seta.


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