258. Mraybet, al- | المريبط

Ma‘ān Governorate

Cemeteries I-II

JADIS no. none

MEGA no. none

Coordinates: unknown.

Plan: unknown.

Measurements: unknown.

Building Materials: unknown.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: “al-Mraybet is a wide plateau between the Shara Mountains and Wadi Araba. It is inhabited seasonally, mostly by families of al-Sa‘īdīyīn. Two of their cemeteries are located only a few hundred meters apart from each other. I visited them in 2011 with a man from al-Bedul. At both sites, the tombs consist mostly of low mounds made of soil with vertical stone slabs or concrete blocks placed at one or both ends of the grave. At both locations, I also found one tomb that was decorated with white cloths that had been wrapped around a stick, and on one grave there were traces of burned incense” (Miettunen 2013).

Inscription(s): none known

Date(s): unknown.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Miettunen 2013, 119 no. 45; 217 fig. 33.