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55. Beidhā / Umm Qussa | البيضا / أم قَصّة

Ma‘ān Governorate

Masjid (1)

JADIS no. 1997037

MEGA no. 4279

Coordinates: 30°22'29.5"N 35°27'17.0"E

30.374861, 35.454722

 

 

Plan: long rectangular with miḥrāb in the center of S wall facing the door in N wall. Two arcades with double transversal arches resting on reused ancient column drums divide the interior into three naves running parallel to the long walls. Along the N wall, to the left as one enters the mosque, a small platform has been recorded, whose function is still unclear.

Measurements: ca. 51 m2

Exterior: ca. 7.50 x 9.50 m-10 m (with miḥrāb).

Interior: ca. 6 x 8 m-8.50 (with miḥrāb).

Building Materials: local semi-dressed and undressed sand and limestone, some ancient spolia such as the column drums.

Construction details: masonry in horizontal courses bond with mud mortar. The internal room was plastered and painted in white and red.

Preservation: ruined, not in use for Muslim prayer.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): still under discussion.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Sinibaldi 2019, 252-255; Schick 2020 , no. 14.

 
Fig. 55.1 Top view plan by Qais Tweissi (MSi 2019).
Fig. 55.2 Exterior view from N, condition 2012 (UHü).
Fig. 55.3 Perspective reconstruction, view from NW by Qais Tweissi on the basis of the team’s study of the structure’s walls (MSi 2018).
Fig. 55.4 Interior view, condition 2012 prior to excavation (UHü).
Fig. 55.5 After excavation, view from N (Sinibaldi 2019, 253 fig. 1).
Fig. 55.6 After excavation, view from SW (MSi 2019).

Figures

[Fig. 55.1 ]
Top view plan by Qais Tweissi (MSi 2019).

[Fig. 55.2 ]
Exterior view from N, condition 2012 (UHü).

[Fig. 55.3 ]
Perspective reconstruction, view from NW by Qais Tweissi on the basis of the team’s study of the structure’s walls (MSi 2018).

[Fig. 55.4 ]
Interior view, condition 2012 prior to excavation (UHü).

[Fig. 55.5 ]
After excavation, view from N (Sinibaldi 2019, 253 fig. 1).

[Fig. 55.6 ]
After excavation, view from SW (MSi 2019).