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Surroundings:

North wall of the Soutch Church at KokanayaPyramidal Tomb at KokanayaBanqusa, South ChurchJuwaniyeDeir Seta, BaptisteryDeir Seta, BaptisteryArshin, ChurchQalb Loze in SyriaSyriac inscription from baptistery of DehesDehes, East Church. Portal in South wallByzantine chapel near BanakfurKfer. Plan of the chapel.Khirbet Hasan

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Kawkanāyah
  • geo:36.115513,36.607662
  • Location ± 100-500 m.

Period or year:

  • 369 / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=69618

Annotations

The rock-hewn tomb at Kokanaya according the inscription it is the tomb of Eusebius, a Christian. The inscription gives the date August 27, 369 AD.

Sources:

  1. Howard Crosby Butler: eds., Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899 - 1900 (Band 2): Architecture and other arts — New York, 1903
  2. Frank R. Trombley, Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370-529, Volume II, BRILL 1995, p. 273

Nearby

Kokanaya, South Church

Sixth century church

Kokanaya

Byzantine settlemnet. Kouknaih. Kukaniyeh.

Kokanaya, Pyramidal Tomb

Pyramidal tomb, 384 AD.


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