268. Mū’tah | مؤتة

al-Kerak Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. 2105033

MEGA no. 4956, mosque 23851

Coordinates: 31°04'59.0"N 35°42'28.0"E

31.083056, 35.707778

Plan: broad rectangular with miḥrāb in the middle of the S wall. The N wall is badly destroyed, but it can be assumed that the door has been in axis with the miḥrāb. In front of the N wall extends a long rectangular courtyard (saḥn).

Measurements: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone with chert.

Construction details: The mosque has been constructed of well-dressed blocks in irregular isodomic bondage without use of mortar, conserved up the 6-7 rows. The masonry was two sided with a fill of rubble and earth in the core of the wall. The courtyard walls consist of heaped unworked limestone boulders.

Preservation: The mosque has recently been destroyed for road work, no trace of it remains.

Inscription(s): none known

Date(s): Ayyubid (MEGA)

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Miller 1991, site 308; Schick 2020, no. 83.