Pre-Monastic Phase IV Destruction Event
Fiema and Frösén (2008, Appendix C:34)
reported evidence in Room 25 of an “early
destruction,” followed by a period of decay
prior to the construction of the monastery at
Jabal Harun. The archaeoseismic evidence
included a “shattered second story floor
(O.41),” parts of which were “protruding
from Wall G.” They further
suggested that the core of the western
building partially collapsed and that the
second-story floor was entirely destroyed,
with remains of that floor “incorporated in
the
Byzantine structures.” Finally, they
proposed that the “superstructure and
arches of the southern
cistern (Room 36)
may also have collapsed.”