Name: Mosque ID 75 from Asia/Lebanon/ʿAnjar
Published: 2021-11-14
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
State	Lebanon
City/site	ʿAnjar
Primary reference	Finster, Barbara, 2003. “Researches in ‘Anjar. I. Preliminary Report on the Architecture of ‘Anjar”, BAAL 7: 209-244.
Additional reference I	Chehab, Hafez K., 1993. "On the Identification of ʿAnjar (ʿAyn al-Jarr) as an Umayyad Foundation", Muqarnas 10, Essays in Honor of Oleg Grabar: 42-48.
Additional reference II	Ory, Solange, 1967. "Les graffitis omeyyades de ʿAyn al-Garr", Bulletin du Musie de Beyrouth 20: 97-148.
Latitude	33.733477
Longitude	35.933815
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	inscriptions
Early datable evidence	an inscription on the site, 741
Concluded date for the mosque	741?
Basis for mosque identification (in addition to orientation)	a mihrab
Location within the site: inside the main structure, adjacent to the main structure, isolated	inside the main structure
A general layout: a single hall, two-three halls, complex, a qibla wall alone	complex
Size of the mosque (in m)	29.7*57.5
Form of the mosque: square, rectangular with longitudinal direction (basilica), rectangular with transverse direction, other	transversal
A mihrab is present	yes
The internal form of the mihrab: square/semicircular/horseshoe	semicircular
The mihrab projects/is situated inside the wall	projects, square
Depth of the mihrab (in m)	1.28
Width of the mihrab (in m)	1.93
A courtyard is present	yes
An evidence for columns or piers exists	yes
Construction materials	ashlar stones with mortar
Floor	flagstones
Additional elements	basins near the mihrab
Additional elements II	a minaret

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
מספר	75
מדינה	לבנון
עיר/אתר	ענג'ר
הפניה 1	Finster, Barbara, 2003. “Researches in ‘Anjar. I. Preliminary Report on the Architecture of ‘Anjar”, BAAL 7: 209-244.
הפניה 2	Chehab, Hafez K., 1993. "On the Identification of ʿAnjar (ʿAyn al-Jarr) as an Umayyad Foundation", Muqarnas 10, Essays in Honor of Oleg Grabar: 42-48.
הפניה 3	Ory, Solange, 1967. "Les graffitis omeyyades de ʿAyn al-Garr", Bulletin du Musie de Beyrouth 20: 97-148.
קו רוחב	33.733477
קו אורך	35.933815
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	כתובות
עדות מוקדמת הניתנת לתארוך	כתובת באתר, 741
תאריך המסגד על פי העדויות	741?
הבסיס לזיהוי המסגד הקדום (בנוסף לכיוון המבנה למכה)	מחראב
גודל המסגד (במטרים)	29.7*57.5
מבנה המסגד: רבוע, מלבני מאורך (מבנה בסיליקני), מלבני רוחבי, אחר	רוחבי
ישנו מחראב במבנה	כן

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
عدد	75
دولة	لبنان
المدينة أو الموقع الاثري	عنجر
المصدر الاساسي	Finster, Barbara, 2003. “Researches in ‘Anjar. I. Preliminary Report on the Architecture of ‘Anjar”, BAAL 7: 209-244.
مصدر 2	Chehab, Hafez K., 1993. "On the Identification of ʿAnjar (ʿAyn al-Jarr) as an Umayyad Foundation", Muqarnas 10, Essays in Honor of Oleg Grabar: 42-48.
مصدر 3	Ory, Solange, 1967. "Les graffitis omeyyades de ʿAyn al-Garr", Bulletin du Musie de Beyrouth 20: 97-148.
خط العرض	33.733477
خط الطول	35.933815
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	نقوش
الدليل الاثري المبكر	نقش في الموقع، 741
تأريخ المسجد	741?
أسس تحديد المسجد (بالإضافة إلى التوجيه)	محراب
حجم المسجد (بالمتر)	29.7*57.5
شكل المسجد: مربع، مستطيل ذو اتجاه طولي (بازيليكا)، مستطيل ذو اتجاه عرضي، آخر	اتجاه عرضي
المحراب موجود	موجود

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Creator Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Hagit Nol info Vocabulary: Early Islamic Mosques Database

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Hagit Nol. (2021) "Mosque ID 75 from Asia/Lebanon/ʿAnjar". In Early Islamic Mosques Database. Hagit Nol (Ed). Released: 2021-11-14. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/31f3e8a0-a913-466e-ab5d-bb4fb1e8f532>

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