Date of imagery: 31 Dec 2009 11 Oct 2013

Heritage Place

Resource Summary

Resource ID
EAMENA-0116924
Names
دير صير بني ياس ( Toponym )
Site 9.1 ( Alternative Reference )
SBY9 ( Alternative Reference )
E52N24-23_000001 ( Designation )
Sir Bani Yas Monastery and Church ( Alternative Reference )
Overall Archaeological Certainty
No archaeological certainty recorded
Definite
Cultural periods
No cultural period recorded
Classical/Pre-Islamic (Levant/Mesopotamia/Iran/Northern Arabia) ( Period ) Definite ( Certainty )
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) ( Period ) Islamic, Early (Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid) (Levant/Arabia) ( Period Detail ) Definite ( Certainty )

Archaeological Assessment

Feature forms within the Heritage Place
No feature forms recorded
Ditch/Trench ( Form Type ) High ( Certainty )
Wall ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Rubble Spread/Architectural Fragments ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Structure ( Form Type ) Definite ( Certainty )
Feature intepretations within Heritage Place
No feature interpretations recorded
Sculpture/Statue ( Type ) Unknown ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Tomb/Grave/Burial ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Gateway/Arch/Intersection ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Enclosure ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Altar ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) High ( Certainty )
Hearth/Oven ( Type ) Unknown ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Building ( Type ) 2 to 5 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Cistern ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Church/Chapel ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Medium ( Certainty )
Church/Chapel ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )
Monastic Complex ( Type ) 1 ( Number ) Definite ( Certainty )

Condition

Overall condition of resource
No overall condition recorded
Good
Overall disturbance extent
No overall disturbance extent recorded
91-100%
Types of disturbances affecting the resource
No disturbance assessment recorded
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Conservation - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 2015-01-01 - To: 2016-12-31
Category: Archaeological - Cause: Excavation (Hand) - Cause certainty: Definite - From: 1993-04-01 - To: 1996-05-01
Category: Agricultural/Pastoral - Cause: Vegetation/Crops/Trees - Cause certainty: Definite - Before: 2009-02-28
Threat(s) to the resource
No threat assessment recorded
Threat category: Tourism/Visitor Activities
Potential cause: Maintenance/Management Activities
Cause probability: Planned
Threat category: Agricultural/Pastoral
Potential cause: Vegetation/Crops/Trees
Cause probability: Probable
Threat category: Archaeological
Potential cause: Excavation (Hand)
Cause probability: Possible

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