The Refectory and the Kitchen in the Early Byzantine Monastery of Tell Bi‘a (Syria): The Egyptian and Palestinian Connections

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.GáborKallaThe Refectory and the Kitchen in the Early Byzantine Monastery of Tell Bi‘a (Syria): The Egyptian and Palestinian Connectionshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/IR32YKKMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/IR32YKKMhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/IR32YKKMLouiseBlankeJenniferCromwellMonastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and PalestineCambridgeCambridge University Press2023181-211German excavations carried out between 1980 and 1995 in Tall Bi’a (Raqqa, Syria) uncovered the remains of a unique Syrian orthodox monastery on the top of the central hill above the Bronze Age city of Tuttul. The building complex is unique in that, although it is of inexpensive mudbrick, three of the rooms are decorated with carefully executed mosaic floors with figural decoration. Two of these mosaics have Syriac inscriptions that date the construction of the building (509 AD) and the renovation of parts of it (595 AD). The complex can be identified as the monastery of Mar Zakkai. This chapter focuses on the economic life of the monastery and describes it as a household unit. The starting point is the well-preserved refectory, the large kitchen, and the storerooms. The refectory is equipped with circular benches, unique in Syria, parallels of which are known only from Egypt. Kalla, Gábor. “The Refectory and the Kitchen in the Early Byzantine Monastery of Tell Bi‘a (Syria): The Egyptian and Palestinian Connections.” In Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine, edited by Louise Blanke and Jennifer Cromwell, 181–211. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Gábor Kalla, The Refectory and the Kitchen in the Early Byzantine Monastery of Tell Bi‘a (Syria): The Egyptian and Palestinian Connections, in Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine, ed. Louise Blanke and Jennifer Cromwell (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), 181–211.