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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
State Israel/Palestine
City/site Jerusalem
Mosque name The Aqṣā Mosque phase II
Primary reference Di Cesare, Michelina, 2017. “A Qibla Mušharriqa for the First al-Aqṣà Mosque? A New Stratigraphic and Chronological Reading of Hamilton’s Excavation, and Some Considerations on the Introduction of the Concave Miḥrāb”, Annali, Sezione orientale 77: 66-96.
Additional reference I Hamilton, Robert W., 1949. The Structural History of the Aqsa Mosque: A Record of Archaeological Gleanings from the Repairs of 1938–1942, Jerusalem and London: Oxford University Press.
Additional reference II St. Laurent, Beatrice, and Awwad, Isam, 2013. “The Marwani Musalla in Jerusalem: New Findings”, Jerusalem Quarterly 54: 7-30. https://vc.bridgew.edu/art_fac/8/ (free download)
Additional reference III Antun, Thallein, 2016. The Architectural Form of the Mosque in the Central Arab Lands, from the Hijra to the End of the Umayyad Period, 1/622-133/750, BAR International Series 2790, Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 20-34.
Additional reference IV Wilkinson, John, 1987. Column Capitals in al Haram al Sharif (from 138 A.D. to 1118 A.D.), Jerusalem: The Islamic Museum al-Haram al-Sharif.
Additional reference V Husseini, S.A.S., 1939. “Inscription of the Kalif El-Mustanṣir Billāh 458 A.H. (A.D. 1065)”, Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine 9: 78-79.
Additional reference VI Salameh, Khader, 2009. “A New Saljuq Inscription in the Masjid al-Aqsa, Jerusalem“, Levant 41(1): 107-117.
Latitude 31.7763643049
Longitude 35.235816042
Location: exact/approximate exact
Date of the mosque according to former research the 8th century
Date basis: historical texts, mosque parallels, inscriptions, datable objects, C14, stratigraphy, construction techniques texts
Early datable evidence "Abbasid" capitals inside the current mosque, 750-900
Additional datable evidence I an inscription in situ, 458/1065
Additional datable evidence II an inscription in situ, 476/1083
Concluded date for the mosque t.p.q. 1160
Basis for mosque identification (in addition to orientation) a mihrab
A general layout: a single hall, two-three halls, complex, a qibla wall alone complex
A mihrab is present yes
The internal form of the mihrab: square/semicircular/horseshoe semicircular
The mihrab projects/is situated inside the wall inside the wall
An evidence for columns or piers exists yes
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
מספר 40
מדינה ישראל/פלסטין
עיר/אתר ירושלים
שם המסגד מסגד אל-אקצא, שלב ב'
הפניה 1 Di Cesare, Michelina, 2017. “A Qibla Mušharriqa for the First al-Aqṣà Mosque? A New Stratigraphic and Chronological Reading of Hamilton’s Excavation, and Some Considerations on the Introduction of the Concave Miḥrāb”, Annali, Sezione orientale 77: 66-96.
הפניה 2 Hamilton, Robert W., 1949. The Structural History of the Aqsa Mosque: A Record of Archaeological Gleanings from the Repairs of 1938–1942, Jerusalem and London: Oxford University Press.
הפניה 3 St. Laurent, Beatrice, and Awwad, Isam, 2013. “The Marwani Musalla in Jerusalem: New Findings”, Jerusalem Quarterly 54: 7-30. https://vc.bridgew.edu/art_fac/8/ (להורדה)
הפניה 4 Antun, Thallein, 2016. The Architectural Form of the Mosque in the Central Arab Lands, from the Hijra to the End of the Umayyad Period, 1/622-133/750, BAR International Series 2790, Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 20-34.
הפניה 5 Wilkinson, John, 1987. Column Capitals in al Haram al Sharif (from 138 A.D. to 1118 A.D.), Jerusalem: The Islamic Museum al-Haram al-Sharif.
הפניה 6 Husseini, S.A.S., 1939. “Inscription of the Kalif El-Mustanṣir Billāh 458 A.H. (A.D. 1065)”, Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine 9: 78-79.
הפניה 7 Salameh, Khader, 2009. “A New Saljuq Inscription in the Masjid al-Aqsa, Jerusalem“, Levant 41(1): 107-117.
קו רוחב 31.7763643049
קו אורך 35.235816042
מקום: מדויק/משוער מדויק
תאריך המסגד על פי מחקרים קודמים המאה השמינית
תארוך המסגד מבוסס על: מקורות הסטוריים (טקסטים), מקבילות, כתובות, ממצא נייד הניתן לתארוך, פחמן 14, סטרטיגרפיה, או טכניקות בניה טקסטים
עדות מוקדמת הניתנת לתארוך כותרות עמוד "עבאסיות" במסגד הקיים, בערך 750-900
עדות מוקדמת נוספת הניתנת לתארוך כתובת באתרה המקורי ("אינסיטו"), 1065/458
עדות מוקדמת נוספת הניתנת לתארוך 2 כתובת באתרה המקורי ("אינסיטו"), 1083/476
תאריך המסגד על פי העדויות תאריך שאחרי (t.p.q.) 1160
הבסיס לזיהוי המסגד הקדום (בנוסף לכיוון המבנה למכה) מחראב
ישנו מחראב במבנה כן
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
عدد 40
دولة إسرائيل / فلسطين
المدينة أو الموقع الاثري القدس
اسم المسجد المسجد الاقصا
المصدر الاساسي Di Cesare, Michelina, 2017. “A Qibla Mušharriqa for the First al-Aqṣà Mosque? A New Stratigraphic and Chronological Reading of Hamilton’s Excavation, and Some Considerations on the Introduction of the Concave Miḥrāb”, Annali, Sezione orientale 77: 66-96.
مصدر 2 Hamilton, Robert W., 1949. The Structural History of the Aqsa Mosque: A Record of Archaeological Gleanings from the Repairs of 1938–1942, Jerusalem and London: Oxford University Press.
مصدر 3 St. Laurent, Beatrice, and Awwad, Isam, 2013. “The Marwani Musalla in Jerusalem: New Findings”, Jerusalem Quarterly 54: 7-30. https://vc.bridgew.edu/art_fac/8/ (للتحميل)
مصدر 4 Antun, Thallein, 2016. The Architectural Form of the Mosque in the Central Arab Lands, from the Hijra to the End of the Umayyad Period, 1/622-133/750, BAR International Series 2790, Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 20-34.
مصدر 5 Wilkinson, John, 1987. Column Capitals in al Haram al Sharif (from 138 A.D. to 1118 A.D.), Jerusalem: The Islamic Museum al-Haram al-Sharif.
مصدر 6 Husseini, S.A.S., 1939. “Inscription of the Kalif El-Mustanṣir Billāh 458 A.H. (A.D. 1065)”, Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine 9: 78-79.
مصدر 7 Salameh, Khader, 2009. “A New Saljuq Inscription in the Masjid al-Aqsa, Jerusalem“, Levant 41(1): 107-117.
خط العرض 31.7763643049
خط الطول 35.235816042
تحديد الموقع: دقيق أو تقريبي دقيق
تأريخ المسجد في الهذه المصادر القرن الثامن
التأريخ يعتمد على: مصادر تاريخية، متماثل، نقوش، لقى التي يمكن تاريخها، الكربون المشع، طبقات، او تقنيات البناء مصادر تاريخية
الدليل الاثري المبكر عواصم الأعمدة "عباسية" في المسجد الحاضر، 750-900
أدلة إضافية 1 نقش في المكان الأصلي ("انستو")، 1065/458
أدلة إضافية 2 نقش في المكان الأصلي ("انستو")، 1083/476
تأريخ المسجد التأريخ الذي يلي 1160
أسس تحديد المسجد (بالإضافة إلى التوجيه) محراب
المحراب موجود موجود
Suggested Citation

Hagit Nol. (2021) "Mosque ID 40 from Asia/Palestinian Authority/Jerusalem". In Early Islamic Mosques Database. Hagit Nol (Ed). Released: 2021-11-14. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/193b1856-a915-40fe-adf4-37a9b98a1ea1>

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