Letter K

188. Kamsheh, al- | الكمشة

az-Zarqā’ Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. none

MEGA no. none

Coordinates: 32°07'23.0"N 35°54'21.5"E

32.123056, 35.905972

 

 

Plan: broad rectangular with door in the middle of N wall, flanked by two windows, facing the miḥrāb with minbar in the S wall; external staircase at the NW corner. The interior had two free standing concrete pillars.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: local orange-brown limestone.

Construction details: isodomic masonry of dressed cubic ashlars with rough surfaces, bond with mortar; recessed door framed by an arch with lunette, flanked by two rectangular windows.

Preservation: The original masonry was visible in the interior when the wall plaster had been removed. Destroyed and replaced by a modern building.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): unknown.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: unpublished.

 
Fig. 188.1 Exterior view, N faça- de (Nat).
Fig. 188.2 Original stone masonry in the prayer hall (Nat).
Fig. 188.3 Interior view of prayer hall with miḥrāb and minbar, in the center of the room two free standing concrete pillars (Nat).

Figures

[Fig. 188.1 ]
Exterior view, N faça- de (Nat).

[Fig. 188.2 ]
Original stone masonry in the prayer hall (Nat).

[Fig. 188.3]
Interior view of prayer hall with miḥrāb and minbar, in the center of the room two free standing concrete pillars (Nat).