Dehes is in the south of the Jebel Barisha and has been excavated by a French team since it was initially surveyed by Tchalenko. The C5th church in the village is generally very well preserved and has a bema, chancel screen and the altar stone still extant at the time of the site visit.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
May 1998
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
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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
Altar, Architecture, Bema, C5th, Chancel Screen, Dehes, Jebel Barisha, Limestone Massif, Syria
Collection
The Limestone Massif of North-Western Syria
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Dehes,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed November 24, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/301.