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24. ‘Ajlūn / at-Tannūra | (التنورة) عجلون
‘Ajlūn Governorate
Maqām al-Khidhr.
JADIS no. 211 9050.
MEGA no. 5214; 25192.
Coordinates: 32°19'21.7"N 35°43'25.0"E
32.322694, 35.723611
Plan: two adjacent rectangular rooms oriented in E-W direction. The S room is accessible by a centralized door from W and intersected by three transversal arches. The N room shares its W wall with the S chamber in axial alignment, but extends longer to the E. The entrance to it is in the SW corner, and the interior is divided by an intersective wall with decentralized door into two room units. The plan published by Augustinović in 1972 can only partly verified in the field.
Measurements: 22.70 m2 - 21.00 m2, total 43.70 m2
Exterior: ca. 4.50 x 8.0 m (N room); 7.00 x 5.80 m (S room)
Interior: 3.44 x 6.65 m (N room); 7.00 x 3.00 m (S room).
Building Materials: greyish-blue and reddish brown limestone of local origin.
Construction details: The masonry is a mixture of undressed fieldstones in combination of (older?) dressed blocks, without the use of mortar. Many voussoirs of the collapsed arches are strewn on the floor of the S room. The transversal arches of this room supported a traditional flat roof construction.
Preservation: ruined, but still visited by international Muslim tourists for prayer. The transversal arches (shown in the HSJ picture still intact) have been found collapsed, and the masonry of both rooms is seriously damaged. However, various voussoirs with curved lower surfaces and some more carefully dressed stones can be seen in the tumble of the present condition (August 2019).
Inscription(s): none known.
Date(s): unknown.
Traveler Reports: see publications by Augustinović. Bibliography: Augustinović 1950, 214-218; Augustinović - Bagatti 1951-1952, 302-304; Augustinović 1972, 44-35 figs. 29-30; 46-47; HSJ 33-34; Redlinger 2014, 14.
Fig. 24.1 General view of ruined structure in 2019 from NW, S room with collapsed archs, to the right remains of the N room (TMWK-2019). 
