308. Rīshā | الريشة

al-Mafraq Governorate

Jāmi‘ - open air desert mosque

JADIS no. 4425001

MEGA no. 8394, mosque 36611.

Coordinates: 32°51'49.1"N 38°10'58.9"E

32.863625, 38.183017

 

Plan: desert mosque, square in plan, without or with only a temporary roof; mud floor (Rjoub – Housan 2013).

Measurements: 400 m² (Rjoub – Housan 2013)

Exterior: 20 x 20 m (Rjoub – Housan 2013)

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: mixed basalt and limestone.

Construction details: heaped stones without mortar.

Preservation: unknown.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): Umayyad (Rjoub – Housan 2013).

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Helms 1990, 73-82; O’Kane 2005, 194 with note 21; Rjoub – Housan 2013, 477 no. 24; Kennedy 2014, 100; Haddat – Khrisat 2014/2015, 113.