The Fort and the Church of Bāzyān: Latest Discoveries and New HypothesesBulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LNPNLTK3/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Narmin Ali MuhammadAminSimonBrelaudVincentDérocheJustineGaboritThe Fort and the Church of Bāzyān: Latest Discoveries and New Hypotheseshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LNPNLTK3https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/LNPNLTK3https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/LNPNLTK3JulieBonnéricNarmin Ali MuhammadAminBarbaraCouturaudChristianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and ArchaeologyBeyrouthPresses de l’Ifpo2023121-141Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021Bāzyān, located between the Mesopotamian plain and the Zagros mountains, provides valuable archaeological testimony for the Christianization of northern Iraq, at the turn of Islam. The main issue of the analysis is to understand the link between three elements: the fortification of the building complex, the insertion of a church within it and the understanding of the surrounding rooms. This article continues a series of studies on this site by focusing on the early phases of occupation. It first describes the discoveries made during the latest excavations inside and outside the fort, while the study of the site and its archaeological material is still in progress. The authors then discuss different hypotheses about the function of the remains: Bāzyān can be understood either as a monastic site or as a place of pilgrimage related to the veneration of a saint’s relics. Finally, the authors consider the site in a broader regional context. They suggest an identification of the site with a toponym mentioned in the ancient East Syrian literature.
Amin, Narmin Ali Muhammad, Simon Brelaud, Vincent Déroche, and Justine Gaborit. “The Fort and the Church of Bāzyān: Latest Discoveries and New Hypotheses.” In Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, edited by Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, 121–41. Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021. Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023.
Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin et al., The Fort and the Church of Bāzyān: Latest Discoveries and New Hypotheses, in Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, ed. Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021 (Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023), 121–41.IraqNestoriansVII CEVII-XVIII CEarchaeologychurchesmonasticismpilgrimage