Letter S

336. Sāmtā | سامتا

Irbid Governorate

Weli / Maqām al-Khidhr

JADIS no. 2219018

MEGA no. 28424

Coordinates: not located.

 

Plan: ruins of unknown plan.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: unknown.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: On top of a hill east of the village grow two kermes oaks (Quercus calliprinus, age about 350 years; Nueimat - Alkilsni 2002) which are still today linked by the inhabitants of the area with the cult of al-Khidr.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): unknown.

Traveler Reports: “(es) liegt weiter östlich noch eine zweite Ruinenstätte mit zahlreichen Zisternen; auch sie wird samtâ genannt. Ebenda liegt das weli el-chadr mit einer Gruppe schöner sindjân Bäume” (Steuernagel 1927).

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 252; Nueimat - Alkilani 2002, 56.

 
Fig. 336.1 The two old kermes oaks linked with the veneration of ak- Khidr east of the village of Khirbet Sāmtā (Nueimat - Alkilani 2002, 56).

Figures

[Fig. 336.1 ]
The two old kermes oaks linked with the veneration of ak- Khidr east of the village of Khirbet Sāmtā (Nueimat - Alkilani 2002, 56).