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375. Sūq, Khirbet as- | خربة السوق

‘Ajlūn Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. 221 8006

MEGA no. 5830

Coordinates: 32°14'53.8"N 35°45'28.1"E

32.248264, 35.757800

(approximately).

 

 

Plan: The old mosque has not been located during the GJU field-trip in December 2018.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: unknown.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: According to local inhabitants the old mosque has been destroyed and replaced by a new building in the bottom of the valley. There are a large number of abandoned old houses (fig. 375.2) on both slopes of the valley associated with a large amount of Ayyubid-Mamluk pottery.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date: unknown.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Mittmann 1970, 92-93 no. 233; MMU IV 320-321 (A. M. Qudah).

 
Fig. 375.1 Panorama view of the valley of Khirbet as-Sūq (TMW-K 2018).
Fig. 375.2 Example of one of the abandoned old houses at the site with the reuse of large limestone blocks of possibly ancient origin. (TMW-K 2018).

Figures

[Fig. 375.1 ]
Panorama view of the valley of Khirbet as-Sūq (TMW-K 2018).

[Fig. 375.2 ]
Example of one of the abandoned old houses at the site with the reuse of large limestone blocks of possibly ancient origin. (TMW-K 2018).