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418. Wādī Jelāt | وادي جيلات

‘Ammān governorate

Masjid, open air desert mosque.

JADIS no. 281 0004

MEGA no. 3555, open air desert mosque no. 18623

Coordinates: 31°30'04"N 36°24'33"E

31.501111, 36.409167

 

Plan: The desert mosque is located near the E shore of the artificial lake, approximately 600 m S of the Nabatean dam which has been restored during the Umayyad period. Only the qiblah S wall has been set in a simple, slightly bent row of unworked limestones with the indication of the rounded miḥrāb in the middle.

Measurements: See scale.

Exterior: unknown

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: The mosque has not been relocated during the GJU survey at the site in 2019. It might be preserved as an open air mosque; the cleared interior space may indicate that it was still in use by the Bedouin of the area when S. Helms reported it in 1990.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): unknown.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Helms 1990, 80 fig. 28; Bqāʿīn 2004, fig. 13, below

 
Fig. 418.2 Panoramic view on lake with the dam, seen from SW, approximate location indicated by red triangle (TMW-K 2019).
Fig. 418.1 Ground plan (Helms 1990, 80 fig. 28).
Fig. 418.3 Crown of dam seen from NW (TMW-K 2019).
Fig. 418.4 Interior crown of dam with retained water of the lake seen from SE (TMW-K 2019).
Figs. 418.5-6 Details of the construction of the dam, N of the barrage wall (TMW-K 2019).

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[Fig. 418.2 ]
Panoramic view on lake with the dam, seen from SW, approximate location indicated by red triangle (TMW-K 2019).

[Fig. 418.1 ]
Ground plan (Helms 1990, 80 fig. 28).

[Fig. 418.3 ]
Crown of dam seen from NW (TMW-K 2019).

[Fig. 418.4 ]
Interior crown of dam with retained water of the lake seen from SE (TMW-K 2019).