89. Dēr as-Sa‘neh / ed-Dēr | دير السعنة

Irbid Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. 2221032

MEGA no. 3229

Coordinates: 32°32'19.5"N 35°44'54.5"E

32.538756, 35.748478

 

Plan: unknown.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone.

Construction details: vaults (Steuernagel 1927).

Preservation: unknown.

Inscription(s): weathered inscriptions with Quranic verses, lost today (Steuernagel 1927)

Date(s): unknown.

Traveler Reports: “Of ancient remains, several vaulted buildings exist, one of which was a Jâma‘, or Mosque, showing a prayer niche in the south, with a defaced Koranic inscription, and some small limestone columns.” (Schumacher 1890 (reprint 2010); “An Altertümern sind einige Gewölbebauten vorhanden, darunter eine Moschee mit der Gebetsnische im Süden, einer verwitterten Koraninschrift und einigen kleinen Kalksteinsäulchen" (Steuernagel 1927).

Bibliography: Schumacher 1890 (reprint 2010) 130; Steuernagel 1927, A 446; Ta‘an 2019, 40 tab. 1,1; 223 no. 7.