Letter D

91. Dēr as-Ṣmādīyeh / Ṣubeīrra | دير الصمادية / سبيرة

‘Ajlūn Governorate

Maqām / Companion ‘Ikrīma bin Abī Jahl

JADIS no. 2019019

MEGA no. 9551

Coordinates: 32°21'16.5"N 35°36'57.2"E

32.354583, 35.615889

 

 

Plan: The venerated tomb was originally a small enclosure of unworked fieldstones in E-W orientation. It has been replaced in the early 2000 by a long rectangular enclosure wall with a small entrance in the center of the E wall.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: Field stones.

Construction details: heaped stones in irregular arrangement up to ca. 50-60 cm. Today the sacred precinct is lined by a large rectangular wall of local fieldstones with use of concrete.

Preservation: ruined.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s):unknown.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: HSJ 66; Redlinger 2014, 14; Hattab 2015, 34-35.

 
Fig. 91.1 General view of the tomb before the restoration, condition ca. 1960s (NAt).
Fig. 91.2 General view of the tomb before the restoration, condition ca. 1990s (NAt).
Fig. 91.3 General view of the funeral compound after restoration, condition ca. 2005 (NAt).

Figures

[Fig. 91.1 ]
General view of the tomb before the restoration, condition ca. 1960s (NAt).

[Fig. 91.2 ]
General view of the tomb before the restoration, condition ca. 1990s (NAt).

[Fig. 91.3 ]
General view of the funeral compound after restoration, condition ca. 2005 (NAt).