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State Jordan
City/site Jarash
Mosque name Mosque phase I
Primary reference 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 Walmsley, Alan, and Damgaard, Kristoffer, 2005. “The Umayyad Congregational Mosque of Jarash in Jordan and its Relationship to Early Mosques”, Antiquity 79(304): 362-378. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/umayyad-congregational-mosque-of-jarash-in-jordan-and-its-relationship-to-early-mosques/9D853DAD1D85C9C7DA7B43DDDF9BDD22
Additional reference V Damgaard, Kristoffer, 2011. "Sheltering the Faithful: Visualising the Umayyad Mosque in Jarash", ARAM 23: 191-210.
Additional reference VI https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/4908317734/in/album-72157623048597356/
Latitude 32.279858
Longitude 35.890078
Location: exact/approximate exact
Date of the mosque according to former research 725-735
Date basis: historical texts, mosque parallels, inscriptions, datable objects, C14, stratigraphy, construction techniques stratigraphy and parallels
Early datable evidence a coin in fill under the mosque floor, 570-620
Additional datable evidence I two coins in parts of the bathhouse that predate the mosque, 700-720
Concluded date for the mosque t.p.q. 720
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
Size of the mosque (in m) 44.5*38.9
Form of the mosque: square, rectangular with longitudinal direction (basilica), rectangular with transverse direction, other longitudinal
A mihrab is present yes
The internal form of the mihrab: square/semicircular/horseshoe semicircular
The mihrab projects/is situated inside the wall projects
A courtyard is present yes
An evidence for columns or piers exists yes
Construction materials stone
Floor flagstones
Additional elements tiles for roofing
Additional elements II adjacent to a bathhouse
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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
מספר 63
מדינה ירדן
עיר/אתר ג'רש
שם המסגד שלב א' של המסגד
הפניה 1 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 2 Rattenborg, Rune, and Blanke, Louise, 2017. "Jarash in the Islamic Ages (c. 700–1200 CE): a critical review", Levant 49(3): 312-332.
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 Walmsley, Alan, and Damgaard, Kristoffer, 2005. “The Umayyad Congregational Mosque of Jarash in Jordan and its Relationship to Early Mosques”, Antiquity 79(304): 362-378. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/umayyad-congregational-mosque-of-jarash-in-jordan-and-its-relationship-to-early-mosques/9D853DAD1D85C9C7DA7B43DDDF9BDD22
הפניה 6 Damgaard, Kristoffer, 2011. "Sheltering the Faithful: Visualising the Umayyad Mosque in Jarash", ARAM 23: 191-210.
הפניה 7 https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/4908317734/in/album-72157623048597356/
קו רוחב 32.279858
קו אורך 35.890078
מקום: מדויק/משוער מדויק
תאריך המסגד על פי מחקרים קודמים 725-735
תארוך המסגד מבוסס על: מקורות הסטוריים (טקסטים), מקבילות, כתובות, ממצא נייד הניתן לתארוך, פחמן 14, סטרטיגרפיה, או טכניקות בניה סטרטיגרפיה ומקבילות
עדות מוקדמת הניתנת לתארוך מטבע ממילוי מתחת רצפת המסגד, 570-620
עדות מוקדמת נוספת הניתנת לתארוך שני מטבעות בחלק מבית המרחץ שמקדים את המסגד, 700-720
תאריך המסגד על פי העדויות תאריך שאחרי (t.p.q.) 720
הבסיס לזיהוי המסגד הקדום (בנוסף לכיוון המבנה למכה) מחראב
גודל המסגד (במטרים) 44.5*38.9
מבנה המסגד: רבוע, מלבני מאורך (מבנה בסיליקני), מלבני רוחבי, אחר מלבני מאורך
ישנו מחראב במבנה כן
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
عدد 63
دولة الأردن
المدينة أو الموقع الاثري جرش
اسم المسجد طبقة 1 للمسجد
المصدر الاساسي 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 2 Rattenborg, Rune, and Blanke, Louise, 2017. "Jarash in the Islamic Ages (c. 700–1200 CE): a critical review", Levant 49(3): 312-332.
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 Walmsley, Alan, and Damgaard, Kristoffer, 2005. “The Umayyad Congregational Mosque of Jarash in Jordan and its Relationship to Early Mosques”, Antiquity 79(304): 362-378. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/umayyad-congregational-mosque-of-jarash-in-jordan-and-its-relationship-to-early-mosques/9D853DAD1D85C9C7DA7B43DDDF9BDD22
مصدر 6 Damgaard, Kristoffer, 2011. "Sheltering the Faithful: Visualising the Umayyad Mosque in Jarash", ARAM 23: 191-210.
مصدر 7 https://www.flickr.com/photos/apaame/4908317734/in/album-72157623048597356/
خط العرض 32.279858
خط الطول 35.890078
تحديد الموقع: دقيق أو تقريبي دقيق
تأريخ المسجد في الهذه المصادر 725-735
التأريخ يعتمد على: مصادر تاريخية، متماثل، نقوش، لقى التي يمكن تاريخها، الكربون المشع، طبقات، او تقنيات البناء طبقات ومتماثل
الدليل الاثري المبكر نقد في الربد تحت تبليط المسجد، 570-620
أدلة إضافية 1 نقدين في أجزاء الحمام (التي تسبق المسجد)، 700-720
تأريخ المسجد التأريخ الذي يلي 720
أسس تحديد المسجد (بالإضافة إلى التوجيه) محراب
حجم المسجد (بالمتر) 44.5*38.9
شكل المسجد: مربع، مستطيل ذو اتجاه طولي (بازيليكا)، مستطيل ذو اتجاه عرضي، آخر اتجاه طولي
المحراب موجود موجود
Suggested Citation

Hagit Nol. (2021) "Mosque ID 63 from Asia/Jordan/Jarash". In Early Islamic Mosques Database. Hagit Nol (Ed). Released: 2021-11-14. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c4f88b9c-aee0-430a-baad-083f5dfda8fd>

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