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067) Nuṣeib ‘Uweishira/Ramot A

[PADIS code 0141]

Arabic: نسيب العويشير

Site location: Lat. +31° 51' 9.59" N; Long. +35° 25' 36.45" E.

Site extension: 2 dunams.

State of preservation: partly preserved, partly under erosion.

Occupational periods: Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine.

Plates: I, III.

Hellenistic Period

Site typology: fortress.

Public architecture: fortress.

Bibliography: Netzer - Birger 1990, 191; Netzer 2001, 73; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 71, site n. 354.

Roman Period

Site typology: fortress.

Public architecture: fortress.

Bibliography: Conder - Kitchener 1883, 182, 220-221; Hirschfeld 1990, 59, site n. 50; Netzer - Birger 1990, 191; Donceel-Voûte 1999, 98-99; Netzer 2001, 73; 2006, 207; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 71, site n. 354.

Byzantine Period

Site typology: monastery.

Public architecture: monastery.

Material culture: architectural features, mosaic, marble offering table, Greek inscription, Terra Sigillata Ware, pottery.

Bibliography: Conder - Kitchener 1883, 182, 220-221; Augustinović 1951, 139-140 (identified with ancient Thaurus); Hirschfeld 1990, 59, site n. 50; Netzer - Birger 1990; Di Segni 1991; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 71, site n. 354.

Bibliography

Augustinović, A.
1951 Gerico e dintorni, Jerusalem 1951 (in particular pp. 139-140).
Conder, C.R. - Kitchener, H.H.
1883 The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Volume III. Sheets XVII-XXVI. Judaea, London 1883 (in particular pp. 182, 220-221).
Di Segni, L.
1991 "Nuseib ‘Uweishîra: the Inscription", in G.C. Bottini - L. Di Segni - E. Alliata (eds.), Christian Archaeology in the Holy Land - New Discoveries. Essays in Hounour of Virgilio C. Corbo, OFM (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Collectio Maior 36), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 201-203.
Donceel-Voûte, P.
1999 "Jéricho Asmonéenne et Hérodienne", in Dossier d'Archéologie 240 (Jan./Fév. 1999), pp. 98-105 (in particular pp. 98-99).
Greenberg, R. - Keinan, A.
2009 Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank 1967-2007. A Sourcebook, Jerusalem 2009 (in particular p. 71, site n. 354, map 2).
Hirschfeld, Y.
1990 "List of the Monasteries of the Judean Desert", in G.C. Bottini - L. Di Segni - E. Alliata (eds.), Christian Archaeology in the Holy Land - New Discoveries. Essays in Hounour of Virgilio C. Corbo, OFM (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Collectio Maior 36), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 1-90 (in particular p. 59, site n. 50).
Netzer, E.
2002 Palaces of the Hasmoneans and Herod The Great (Studies in Biblical History and Archaeology), Jerusalem 2001.
2006 The Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder, Tübingen 2006 (in particular p. 207).
Netzer, E. - Birger, R.
1990 "A Byzantine Monastery at Nuṣeib ‘Uweishîra, West of Jericho", in G.C. Bottini - L. Di Segni - E. Alliata (eds.), Christian Archaeology in the Holy Land - New Discoveries. Essays in Hounour of Virgilio C. Corbo, OFM (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Collectio Maior 36), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 191-200.