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51. Baṭna / Khirbet Ayyūb | بطنا / خربة أيوب

al-Balqā’Governorate

Maqām Nebi ‘Ayyūb

JADIS no. 2115016

MEGA no. 10343

Coordinates: 32°00'03.0"N 35°42'10.0"E

32.000833, 35.702778

 

 

Plan: unknown.

Measurements: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone.

Preservation: extensive ruin, partly constructed of massive blocks in header-and-stretcher bondage (fig. 51.1). The old maqām has been reorganized as a modern pilgrimage center by the construction of a new mosque. Inscription(s): A recent inscription at the new mosque commemorates the establishment of the new pilgrimage center.

Date(s): The new complex has been dedicated to the public in H 1430 / AD 2014. The ancient remains on the compound certainly going back to pre-Islamic times (De Vaux 1938).

Traveler Reports: see DeVaux (1938), otherwise none known.

Bibliography: DeVaux 1938, 404 nos. 6-7; Hattab 2015, 92-93; Tabbah -Taylor 2016, 352; Samman - Tabbah 2019, no. 8.

 
Fig. 51.1 Remains of late Hellenistic / early Roman masonry (NAt 2019).
Fig. 51.2 View of ruined building and new mosque from N (NAt 2019).
Fig. 51.3 View of ruined building near new mosque (NAt 2019).
Fig. 51.4 New mosque from SE (NAt 2019).
Fig. 51.5 New mosque from S (NAt 2019).

Figures

[Fig. 51.1]
Remains of late Hellenistic / early Roman masonry (NAt 2019).

[Fig. 51.2 ]
View of ruined building and new mosque from N (NAt 2019).

[Fig. 51.3 ]
View of ruined building near new mosque (NAt 2019).

[Fig. 51.4 ]
New mosque from SE (NAt 2019).

[Fig. 51.5 ]
New mosque from S (NAt 2019).