Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
State	Spain
City/site	Merida
Primary reference	Feijoo Martínez, Santiago, and Alba Calzado, Miguel, 2005. “El sentido de la Alcazaba emiral de Mérida: su aljibe, mezquita y torre de señales”, Excavaciones arqueológicas en Mérida 2002: 565-586.
Additional reference I	Barceló, Carmen, 2004. “Las inscripciones omeyas de la alcazaba de Mérida”, Arqueología Y Territorio Medieval 11(1): 59-78. https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/ATM/article/view/1702 (free download)
Additional reference II	Feijoo Martínez, Santiago, 2001. “El aljibe de la Alcazaba de Mérida: 1a campana de excavación en la zona Norte y Oeste”, Mérida, excavaciones arqueológica 1999/5: 191-211.
Additional reference III	https://www.academiacolecciones.com/arquitectura/arquitectura-al-andalus.php?pag=3&orden=3&direccion=0#&gid=1&pid=AA-103_05
Latitude	38.914907
Longitude	-6.346907
Location: exact/approximate	exact
Date of the mosque according to former research	the 8th-9th century?
Date basis: historical texts, mosque parallels, inscriptions, datable objects, C14, stratigraphy, construction techniques	inscriptions, stratigraphy, and pottery
Early datable evidence	pottery from an infrastructure, the 8th-9th century
Additional datable evidence I	an inscription on the site, 220/835
Concluded date for the mosque	t.p.q. 801
Basis for mosque identification (in addition to orientation)	a mihrab
A later sanctuary: church/other	a church
Location within the site: inside the main structure, adjacent to the main structure, isolated	inside the fortress