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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
State Jordan
City/site Amman
Primary reference Almagro, Antonio, and Jiménez, Pedro, 2000. “The Umayyad Mosque of the Citadel of Amman”, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 44: 459-475. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1386 (free download)
Additional reference I Almagro, Antonio, Jiménez Castillo, Pedro, and Julio Navarro Palazón, 2000. El Palacio Omeya de 'Ammān, III. Investigación arqueológica y restauración, 1989-1997, Granada: Real Academia Belles Artes de Granada. https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/14570 (free download)
Additional reference II Northedge, Alastair, 1989. “The Umayyad Mosque of Amman”, in: Muhammad Adnan Bakit and Robert Schick (eds.), The History of Bilād al-Shām During the Umayyad Period. Fourth International Conference, 24-29 October 1987, Amman: Proceedings of the Third Symposium, vol. II, Amman: The University of Jordan and Yarmouk University, 140-163.
Additional reference III Conder, C.R., 1889. The Survey of Eastern Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, Archaeology, etc., vol. I – The ʿAdwân Country, London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 57-58.
Latitude 31.9547878679
Longitude 35.9343289172
Location: exact/approximate exact
Date of the mosque according to former research 705-749
Date basis: historical texts, mosque parallels, inscriptions, datable objects, C14, stratigraphy, construction techniques pottery, stratigraphy, and texts
Early datable evidence Umayyad-Abbasid pottery at the destruction layer and above it, t.p.q. 701
Additional datable evidence I a destruction layer, possibly the earthquake of 749
Concluded date for the mosque t.p.q. 701
Basis for mosque identification (in addition to orientation) the form of the structure
A general layout: a single hall, two-three halls, complex, a qibla wall alone complex
Size of the mosque (in m) 33.6*33.6
Form of the mosque: square, rectangular with longitudinal direction (basilica), rectangular with transverse direction, other square
A mihrab is present yes
The internal form of the mihrab: square/semicircular/horseshoe semicircular
The mihrab projects/is situated inside the wall projects, square
Width of the mihrab (in m) 2.9
Decoration on the mihrab: stucco, inscription, other perhaps
A courtyard is present yes
An evidence for columns or piers exists yes
Construction materials stone
Floor lime and small stones
Additional elements cisterns, one in the middle of the courtyard
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
מספר 60
מדינה ירדן
עיר/אתר עמאן
הפניה 1 Almagro, Antonio, and Jiménez, Pedro, 2000. “The Umayyad Mosque of the Citadel of Amman”, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 44: 459-475. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1386 (להורדה)
הפניה 2 Almagro, Antonio, Jiménez Castillo, Pedro, and Julio Navarro Palazón, 2000. El Palacio Omeya de 'Ammān, III. Investigación arqueológica y restauración, 1989-1997, Granada: Real Academia Belles Artes de Granada. https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/14570 (להורדה)
הפניה 3 Northedge, Alastair, 1989. “The Umayyad Mosque of Amman”, in: Muhammad Adnan Bakit and Robert Schick (eds.), The History of Bilād al-Shām During the Umayyad Period. Fourth International Conference, 24-29 October 1987, Amman: Proceedings of the Third Symposium, vol. II, Amman: The University of Jordan and Yarmouk University, 140-163.
הפניה 4 Conder, C.R., 1889. The Survey of Eastern Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, Archaeology, etc., vol. I – The ʿAdwân Country, London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 57-58.
קו רוחב 31.9547878679
קו אורך 35.9343289172
מקום: מדויק/משוער מדויק
תאריך המסגד על פי מחקרים קודמים 705-749
תארוך המסגד מבוסס על: מקורות הסטוריים (טקסטים), מקבילות, כתובות, ממצא נייד הניתן לתארוך, פחמן 14, סטרטיגרפיה, או טכניקות בניה קרמיקה, סטרטיגרפיה, וטקסטים
עדות מוקדמת הניתנת לתארוך קרמיקה אמיית ועבאסית בשכבת ההרס באתר ומעליה, תאריך שאחרי 701
עדות מוקדמת נוספת הניתנת לתארוך שכבת הרס, ככל הנראה רעידת האדמה של שנת 749
תאריך המסגד על פי העדויות תאריך שאחרי (t.p.q.) 701
הבסיס לזיהוי המסגד הקדום (בנוסף לכיוון המבנה למכה) צורת המבנה
גודל המסגד (במטרים) 33.6*33.6
מבנה המסגד: רבוע, מלבני מאורך (מבנה בסיליקני), מלבני רוחבי, אחר רבוע
ישנו מחראב במבנה כן
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
عدد 60
دولة الأردن
المدينة أو الموقع الاثري عمان
المصدر الاساسي Almagro, Antonio, and Jiménez, Pedro, 2000. “The Umayyad Mosque of the Citadel of Amman”, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 44: 459-475. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1386 (للتحميل)
مصدر 2 Almagro, Antonio, Jiménez Castillo, Pedro, and Julio Navarro Palazón, 2000. El Palacio Omeya de 'Ammān, III. Investigación arqueológica y restauración, 1989-1997, Granada: Real Academia Belles Artes de Granada. https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/14570 (للتحميل)
مصدر 3 Northedge, Alastair, 1989. “The Umayyad Mosque of Amman”, in: Muhammad Adnan Bakit and Robert Schick (eds.), The History of Bilād al-Shām During the Umayyad Period. Fourth International Conference, 24-29 October 1987, Amman: Proceedings of the Third Symposium, vol. II, Amman: The University of Jordan and Yarmouk University, 140-163.
مصدر 4 Conder, C.R., 1889. The Survey of Eastern Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, Archaeology, etc., vol. I – The ʿAdwân Country, London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 57-58.
خط العرض 31.9547878679
خط الطول 35.9343289172
تحديد الموقع: دقيق أو تقريبي دقيق
تأريخ المسجد في الهذه المصادر 705-749
التأريخ يعتمد على: مصادر تاريخية، متماثل، نقوش، لقى التي يمكن تاريخها، الكربون المشع، طبقات، او تقنيات البناء لقى فخارية، طبقات، ومصادر تاريخية
الدليل الاثري المبكر لقى فخارية أموية وعباسية في طبقة التدمير وما فوقها، التاريخ الذي يلي 701
أدلة إضافية 1 طبقة التدمير، ربما زلزال عام 749
تأريخ المسجد التأريخ الذي يلي 701
أسس تحديد المسجد (بالإضافة إلى التوجيه) شكل الهيكل
حجم المسجد (بالمتر) 33.6*33.6
شكل المسجد: مربع، مستطيل ذو اتجاه طولي (بازيليكا)، مستطيل ذو اتجاه عرضي، آخر مربع
المحراب موجود موجود
Suggested Citation

Hagit Nol. (2021) "Mosque ID 60 from Asia/Jordan/Amman". In Early Islamic Mosques Database. Hagit Nol (Ed). Released: 2021-11-14. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/19a71908-7cce-4349-9f29-0d9c03d50fc6>

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