Items - Architecture and Asceticism

St. Bacchus and the elect

The south west corner of the chapel with a depiction of the equestrian St. Bacchus above a collection of saints ascending to heaven as they are on the side of the elect on the Last Judgement scene that dominates the west wall of the chapel. To the east of St. Bacchus is a small unidentified saint squeezed between the arch and a window.

Type: Painting
Tags: 1207/08, An Nabk, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Elect, Equestrian, Fresco, Last Judgement, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Saints, St. Bacchus, Syria

The evangelist Matthew and on the lower layer Elijah handing his cloak to Elisha as he ascends to heaven

This spandrel is at the east end on the south side of the nave and shows the evangelist Matthew writing his gospel. Behind him is the inscription that dates the third layer of fresco in the chapel to 1207/08. Underneath it is possible to see a scene painted post 1058 and pre 1095, which is the date of the second cycle. It shows Elijah handing his cloak to Elisha as he ascends to heaven and the two are identified by Greek inscriptions, which is the only language used on the first level, whereas Greek is only used for monograms on the later layers, which instead use Syriac, Arabic and Garshuni (Syriac characters to write Arabic words).

Type: Painting
Tags: 1207/08, An Nabk, Arabic, Arabic Inscription, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Elijah, Elisha, Evangelist, Fresco, Garshuni, Gospel, Greek, Greek Inscription, Mar Musa al-Habashi, St. Matthew, Syria, Syriac

Finds record of the 2010 excavation season at Zalabiyeh

This Excel document records the finds that were collected and lodged in the Deir ez Zor Museum during the 2010 excavation season. These objects are now presumed lost or destroyed due to the IS presence in the town as a consequence of the Syrian civil war.

Type: Text
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Deir ez Zor, Museum, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Zalabiyeh

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St. Bacchus and the elect

The evangelist Matthew and on the lower layer Elijah handing his cloak to Elisha as he ascends to heaven

Finds record of the 2010 excavation season at Zalabiyeh

Trench 2 with extension 3 marked out at surface level

Trench 2 including extension 2 view of Context 2.03

Trench 2 including extension 2 view of Context 2.02

Detail of a threshold and area of burning in Trench 2

Trench 2 at Context 2.03 with extension 2 at Context 2.01

Trench 2 view of extension 2 at surface level

Trench 2 view of Context 2.03

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