Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
State	Israel/Palestine
City/site	Be'er Ora A
Primary reference	Sharon, Moshe, Avner, Uzi, and Dov Nahlieli, 1996. “An Early Islamic Mosque Near Be’er Ora in the Southern Negev: Possible Evidence for an Early Eastern Qiblah?”, ʿAtiqot 30: 107-114.
Additional reference I	Avner, Uzi, and Magness, Jodi, 1998. “Early Islamic Settlement in the Southern Negev”, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 310: 39-55. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1357577
Additional reference II	Rothenberg, Beno, 1999. “Archaeo-Metallurgical Researches in the Southern Arabah 1959-1990, Part 2: Egyptian New Kingdom (Ramesside) to Early Islam", Palestine Exploration Quarterly 131: 149-175. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/peq.1999.131.2.149
Additional reference III	Avner, Uzi, 2018. "Nabataeans in the Eilat Region, the Hinterland of Aila", ARAM 30: 597-644.
Latitude	29.6906
Longitude	34.98182
Location: exact/approximate	approximate
Date of the mosque according to former research	Early Islamic
Date basis: historical texts, mosque parallels, inscriptions, datable objects, C14, stratigraphy, construction techniques	C14 and parallels
Early datable evidence	C14, 656-670, 680-810, 779-883, 864-970
Concluded date for the mosque	780-860
Basis for mosque identification (in addition to orientation)	a mihrab
An earlier sanctuary: church/other	debatable
A general layout: a single hall, two-three halls, complex, a qibla wall alone	a single hall
Size of the mosque (in m)	6.4*5.7
Form of the mosque: square, rectangular with longitudinal direction (basilica), rectangular with transverse direction, other	square
A mihrab is present	yes
The internal form of the mihrab: square/semicircular/horseshoe	semicircular
The mihrab projects/is situated inside the wall	projects
Depth of the mihrab (in m)	ca. 1.3
Width of the mihrab (in m)	ca. 1.3
Construction materials	slag