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State Jordan
City/site Jarash
Mosque name Mosque phase II
Primary reference Rattenborg, Rune, and Blanke, Louise, 2017. "Jarash in the Islamic Ages (c. 700–1200 CE): a critical review", Levant 49(3): 312-332.
Additional reference I Walmsley, Alan, 2018. "Urbanism at Islamic Jerash: New Readings from Archaeology and History", in: Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja (eds), The Archaeology and History of Jerash: 110 Years of Excavations, Turnhout: Brepols, 241-256.
Additional reference II Barnes, Hugh, Blanke, Louise, Damgaard, Kristoffer, Simpson, Ian, Low Sørensen, Mette, and Alan Walmsley, 2006. "From 'Guard House' to Congregational Mosque: Recent Discoveries on the Urban History of Islamic Jarash", Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 50: 285-314. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1723 (free download)
Additional reference III Blanke, Louise, Damgaard, Kristoffer, Simpson, Ian, and Alan Walmsley, 2007. “From Bathhouse to Congregational Mosque: Further Discoveries on the Urban History of Islamic Jarash”, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 51: 177-197. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1665 (free download)
Additional reference IV https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/4908317734/in/album-72157623048597356/
Additional reference V https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/6219751422/in/album-72157623048597356/
Latitude 32.279858
Longitude 35.890078
Location: exact/approximate exact
Date of the mosque according to former research 749-900 / the 8th-11th century
Date basis: historical texts, mosque parallels, inscriptions, datable objects, C14, stratigraphy, construction techniques stratigraphy
Early datable evidence a destruction layer, possibly the earthquake of 749
Basis for mosque identification (in addition to orientation) a mihrab
A general layout: a single hall, two-three halls, complex, a qibla wall alone complex
Form of the mosque: square, rectangular with longitudinal direction (basilica), rectangular with transverse direction, other longitudinal
A mihrab is present multiple
The internal form of the mihrab: square/semicircular/horseshoe semicircular
The mihrab projects/is situated inside the wall projects, square
A courtyard is present yes
An evidence for columns or piers exists yes
Construction materials stone
Floor flagstones
Additional elements a minaret
Additional elements II adjacent to a bathhouse
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
מספר 64
מדינה ירדן
עיר/אתר ג'רש
שם המסגד שלב ב' של המסגד
הפניה 1 Rattenborg, Rune, and Blanke, Louise, 2017. "Jarash in the Islamic Ages (c. 700–1200 CE): a critical review", Levant 49(3): 312-332.
הפניה 2 Walmsley, Alan, 2018. "Urbanism at Islamic Jerash: New Readings from Archaeology and History", in: Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja (eds), The Archaeology and History of Jerash: 110 Years of Excavations, Turnhout: Brepols, 241-256.
הפניה 3 Barnes, Hugh, Blanke, Louise, Damgaard, Kristoffer, Simpson, Ian, Low Sørensen, Mette, and Alan Walmsley, 2006. "From 'Guard House' to Congregational Mosque: Recent Discoveries on the Urban History of Islamic Jarash", Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 50: 285-314. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1723 (free download)
הפניה 4 Blanke, Louise, Damgaard, Kristoffer, Simpson, Ian, and Alan Walmsley, 2007. “From Bathhouse to Congregational Mosque: Further Discoveries on the Urban History of Islamic Jarash”, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 51: 177-197. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1665 (free download)
הפניה 5 https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/4908317734/in/album-72157623048597356/
הפניה 6 https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/6219751422/in/album-72157623048597356/
קו רוחב 32.279858
קו אורך 35.890078
מקום: מדויק/משוער מדויק
תאריך המסגד על פי מחקרים קודמים המאות השמינית-אחת עשרה או 749-900
תארוך המסגד מבוסס על: מקורות הסטוריים (טקסטים), מקבילות, כתובות, ממצא נייד הניתן לתארוך, פחמן 14, סטרטיגרפיה, או טכניקות בניה סטרטיגרפיה
עדות מוקדמת הניתנת לתארוך שכבת הרס, ככל הנראה רעידת האדמה של שנת 749
הבסיס לזיהוי המסגד הקדום (בנוסף לכיוון המבנה למכה) מחראב
מבנה המסגד: רבוע, מלבני מאורך (מבנה בסיליקני), מלבני רוחבי, אחר מלבני מאורך
ישנו מחראב במבנה כמה
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
عدد 64
دولة الأردن
المدينة أو الموقع الاثري جرش
اسم المسجد طبقة 2 للمسجد
المصدر الاساسي Rattenborg, Rune, and Blanke, Louise, 2017. "Jarash in the Islamic Ages (c. 700–1200 CE): a critical review", Levant 49(3): 312-332.
مصدر 2 Walmsley, Alan, 2018. "Urbanism at Islamic Jerash: New Readings from Archaeology and History", in: Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja (eds), The Archaeology and History of Jerash: 110 Years of Excavations, Turnhout: Brepols, 241-256.
مصدر 3 Barnes, Hugh, Blanke, Louise, Damgaard, Kristoffer, Simpson, Ian, Low Sørensen, Mette, and Alan Walmsley, 2006. "From 'Guard House' to Congregational Mosque: Recent Discoveries on the Urban History of Islamic Jarash", Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 50: 285-314. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1723 (للتحميل)
مصدر 4 Blanke, Louise, Damgaard, Kristoffer, Simpson, Ian, and Alan Walmsley, 2007. “From Bathhouse to Congregational Mosque: Further Discoveries on the Urban History of Islamic Jarash”, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 51: 177-197. http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/1665 (للتحميل)
مصدر 5 https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/4908317734/in/album-72157623048597356/
مصدر 6 https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/6219751422/in/album-72157623048597356/
خط العرض 32.279858
خط الطول 35.890078
تحديد الموقع: دقيق أو تقريبي دقيق
تأريخ المسجد في الهذه المصادر القرن الثامن إلى الحادي عشر او 749-900
التأريخ يعتمد على: مصادر تاريخية، متماثل، نقوش، لقى التي يمكن تاريخها، الكربون المشع، طبقات، او تقنيات البناء طبقات
الدليل الاثري المبكر طبقة التدمير، ربما الزلزال عام 749
أسس تحديد المسجد (بالإضافة إلى التوجيه) محراب
شكل المسجد: مربع، مستطيل ذو اتجاه طولي (بازيليكا)، مستطيل ذو اتجاه عرضي، آخر اتجاه طولي
المحراب موجود متعددة
Suggested Citation

Hagit Nol. (2021) "Mosque ID 64 from Asia/Jordan/Jarash". In Early Islamic Mosques Database. Hagit Nol (Ed). Released: 2021-11-14. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/459d0a51-845d-4c0f-a500-b210def7346b>

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