Letter S

349. Shbēka / Shubaykeh (west) | الشبيكة الغربي

al-Mafraq Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. 352 0003

MEGA no. 2803

Coordinates: 32°24'23.0"N 37°13'33.0"E

32.406389, 37.225833

(approximately)

 

 

Plan: rectangular, S wall with miḥrāb, with minaret (Rjoub - Housan 2013).

Measurements: 80 m2 (Rjoub – Housan 2013)

Exterior: 8 x 10 m Rjoub – Housan 2013)

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: basalt with mud floor (Rjoub – Housan 2013).

Construction details: masonry of semi-dressed basalt blocks without mortar. Cross vault roofing system (Rjoub – Housan 2013)

Preservation: ruined, walls preserved uo to eight rows of dry basalt masonry; not in use for Muslim prayer.

Inscription(s): none known.

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

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Rjoub – Housan 2013, 477 no. 27.

 
Fig. 349.1 Exterior view (ZAT 2015).
Fig. 349.2 Interior view of S wall with miḥrāb (ZAT 2015).
Fig. 349.3 Interior view of S wall, detail of miḥrāb (ZAT 2015).

Figures

[Fig. 349.1 ]
Exterior view (ZAT 2015).

[Fig. 349.2 ]
Interior view of S wall with miḥrāb (ZAT 2015).

[Fig. 349.3 ]
Interior view of S wall, detail of miḥrāb (ZAT 2015).