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031) ‘Aqaba, Tell el- (Cypros)

[PADIS code 0010]

Arabic: (تل العقبة (كيبروس

Modern Arabic Name: ‘Aqabat Jabr.

Site ancient name: Cypros.

Site location: Lat. +31° 50' 39.14" N; Long. +35° 25' 36.44" E.

Site extension: the top of the mound is 1.5 dunams, the lower part is 4.5 dunams.

Elevation: 15 m a.s.l.

State of preservation: preserved.

Occupational periods: Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine.

Plates: I, III, XXXIX-XL.

Hellenistic Period

Site typology: palace-fortress.

Public architecture: fortress, cistern, pool.

Material culture: marble capitals.

Bibliography: Netzer 1975; 1993, 316-317; Netzer - Damati 2004, 276-277; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 72-73, site n. 365.

Roman Period

Site typology: palace-fortress.

Public architecture: palace-fortress with bathhouse, columbarium tower, water supply system.

Material culture: frescoes, mosaics, moulded stuccos, opus sectile floors.

Bibliography: Conder - Kitchener 1883, 184; Alt 1925, 24-25; Kelso - Baramki 1955, 2; Harder 1962; Netzer 1975; 1993, 316-317; 2006, 207-212; Meshel 1978; Garbrecht - Peleg 1989, 14-15; Donceel-Voûte 1999, 98-99; Meshel - Amit 2002; Netzer - Damati 2004, 239-276; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 72-73, site n. 365.

Byzantine Period

Site typology: monastery.

Public architecture: monastery (chapel, rooms, cistern).

Bibliography: Augustinović 1951, 48, 140 (identified with ancient Threx); Netzer 1975; Ovadiah - de Silva 1981, 211-212; Hirschfeld 1990, 71, site C, fig. 93; Netzer - Damati 2004, 238-239; Greenberg - Keinan 2009, 72-73, site n. 365.

Bibliography

Alt, A.
1925 "Die Institute in Jahre 1924", in Palästina Jahrbuch 21 (1925), pp. 24-25.
Augustinović, A.
1951 Gerico e dintorni, Jerusalem 1951 (in particular pp. 48, 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 p. 184).
Donceel-Voûte, P.
1999 "Jéricho Asmonéenne et Hérodienne", in Dossier d'Archéologie 240 (Jan./Fév. 1999), pp. 98-105 (in particular pp. 98-99).
Fisher, M. - Tal, O.
2003 "Architectural Decoration in Ancient Israel in Hellenistic Times. Some Aspects of Hellenistic Times", in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 119 (2003), pp. 19-37.
Fittschen, K.
1996 Judean and the Graeco-Roman World in the Time of Herod in Light of Archaeological Evidence, Göttingen 1996 (in particular pp. 139-161).
Garbrecht, G. - Peleg, J.
1989 "Die Wasserung geschichtlicher Wüstenfestungen am Jordantal", in Antike Welt 20/2 (1989), pp. 2-20 (in particular pp. 14-15).
Greenberg, R. - Keinan, A.
2009 Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank 1967-2007. A Sourcebook, Jerusalem 2009 (in particular pp. 72-73, site n. 365, map 2).
Harder, G.
1962

"Herodes-Burgen und Herodes-Städte im Jordangraben", in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 78 (1962), pp. 49-63 (in particular pp. 49-54).
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. 71, site C, fig. 93).
Kelso, J.L. - Baramki, D.C.
1955 "The Excavation of New Testament Jericho (Tulul Abu el-‘Alayiq)", in J.L. Kelso - D.C. Baramki (eds.), Excavations at New Testament Jericho an Khirbet en-Nitla (Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 29-30, 1949-1951), New Haven 1955, pp. 1-19.
Meshel, Z.
1978 "The Fortresses which Guarded Jericho and their Identification", in E. Netzer - Z. Meshel - M. Rosen-Ayalon (eds.), Jericho, Jerusalem 1978, pp. 48-52 (Hebr.).
Meshel, Z. - Amit, D.
2002 "The water-supply of the Cypros Fortress", in D. Amit - J. Patrich - Y. Hirschfeld (eds.), The Aqueducts of Israel (Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementum 46), Portsmouth 2002, pp. 313-329.
Netzer, E.
1975 "Cypros", in Qadmoniot 8 (1975), pp. 54-61.
1981 "Cypros", in Le Monde de la Bible 17 (1981), pp. 32-34.
1993 "Cypros", in E. Stern (ed.), New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Vol. 1, Jerusalem 1993, pp. 315-317.
2006 The Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder, Tübingen 2006 (in particular pp. 207-212).
Netzer, E. - Damati, E.
2004 "Cypros", in E. Netzer - R. Laureys-Chachy - Y. Meshorer (eds.), Hasmonean and Herodian Palaces at Jericho. Final Reports of the 1973-1987 Excavations Volume II: Stratigraphy and Architecture, Jerusalem 2004, pp. 233-285.
Ovadiah, A. - de Silva, C.G.
1981 "Supplement of the Corpus of the Byzantine Churches in the Holy Land (Part I)", in Levant 13 (1981), pp. 200-261 (in particular pp. 211-212).