KHIRBET SARA (JORDAN), 1983
KHIRBET SARA (JORDAN), 1983
Author(s): François Villeneuve
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jordan; Sar; Ammonite; tower; Roman period; sanctuary; Ayyubid; Mamluk; village; arcade; arcosolia; sarcophagi
Summary/Abstract: Khirbat Sara is an important multiperiod archaeological site west of Amman, where Jolanta Mlynarczyk started a project in 2018. The author surveyed it 35 years earlier, after exploration by archaeologists in 1881, 1904 and 1937. This paper includes a description of the ruins, their environment, their architecture and the surface pottery. Three main phases are suggested: a late Ammonite (sixth/fifth century BC or later) agricultural estate around a strong square tower (“Qasr al-Sar”); a Roman sanctuary with significant decoration; an extensive Ayyubid / Mamlouk village.
Book: Ex Oriente Lux. Studies in Honour of Jolanta Młynarczyk
- Page Range: 309-322
- Page Count: 14
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English, French
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