097) Wadi Qelt (eastern bank): Laura of the Aeliotes
[PADIS code 0040]
Arabic: وادي القلط (الضفة الشرقية): خلوة اليوتس
Site ancient name: Laura of the Aeliotes (Féderlin 1903, 329-330; Hirschfeld 1990, 56, site n. 41; Sion's site G [Sion 1996, 252-253]).
Site location: Lat. +31° 50' 52.72" N; Long. +35° 30' 40.69" E.
Site extension: 2 dunams.
State of preservation: preserved.
Occupational period: Byzantine.
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery, cistern.
Material culture: architectural features, mosaics, pottery.
Bibliography: Féderlin 1903, 328-331, 342-343; Augustinović 1951, 113; Bar-Adon 1972, 115; Hirschfeld 1990, 55-56, site n. 41; Sion 1996, 252-253, site G.
Plates: I, XXXVII-XXXVIII.
Bibliography
| Augustinović, A. | |
| 1951 | Gerico e dintorni, Jerusalem 1951 (in particular pp. 111-113). |
| Bar-Adon, P. | |
| 1972 | "The Survey in the Judean Desert and Jericho Valleys", in M. Kochavi (ed.), Judea, Samaria, Golan, Archaeological Survey in the Year 5728, Jerusalem 1972, pp. 92-149 (in particular p. 115). |
| Féderlin, J.L. | |
| 1903 | "Recherches sur les laures et monastères de la plaine du Jourdain et du désert de Jérusalem", in La Terre Sainte 20 (1903), pp. 117-331 (in particular pp. 328-331, 342-343). |
| 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 pp. 55-56, site n. 41). |
| Sion, O. | |
| 1996 | "The Monasteries of the Desert of the Jordan", in Liber Annuus 46 (1996), pp. 245-264 (in particularp. 252, site G, fig. 1). |