The west wall of the cloister was demolished by earth-mover in the 1990s when a cemetery was appended to the west of the monastery cloister. This wall was revealed in the second season of excavation.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
22nd August 2003
Contributor
Mukhles Atallah
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
unless otherwise indicated
Related Resources
The photographs of the 2001-2003 survey and excavation seasons have been lodged with the Archaeological Data Service and are reproduced here with their permission. For those who would like more specialised information such as context and intervention numbers or direction of shot please refer to: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/dmeap_ahrb_2004/gallery.cfm.
Type
Archaeological Excavation
Tags
Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Dayr Mar Elian, Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project, Excavation, Qaryatayn, Syria, Syrian Civil War
Collection
The Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project (DMEAP)
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Intervention 38, West wall of cloister,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 23, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/388.