Batuta is on Jebel Seman and in 1997 was not connected to the road network. The church is very damaged on its northern side but the bema is still clearly visible.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
May 1997
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons unless otherwise indicated
Related Resources
Emma Loosley, The Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- to-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches, TSEC 1, Brill, 2012 http://www.brill.com/architecture-and-liturgy-bema-fourth-sixth-century-syrian-churches
Type
Architecture
Tags
Batuta, Bema, C4th, Church, Jebel Seman, Limestone Massif, Syria
Collection
The Limestone Massif of North-Western Syria
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Batuta,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed November 24, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/142.