Church Complete
ID: 143
Building type: church
Context:
rural
Inscriptions:
Description:
Identified in 1993 by Nasser Khaleb al-Khasawneh, the church yielded a single bilingual inscription in Greek and Christian Palestinian Aramaic, together with mosaic pavements depicting vegetal, animal, and human figures; several panels exhibit signs of iconoclastic defacement. During the Umayyad era, a Muslim prayer space (muṣallā) was appended to the church complex. For additional details, see: https://edit.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/islamic-heritage-sites-in-jordan/a-students-gazetteer/76-burz-al-khirbet-sam-rus-n-irbid-governorate_148571.html Plan source: Khasawneh 1993, p. 22, fig. 1. Further references: - Islamic Heritage Sites in Jordan: https://edit.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/islamic-heritage-sites-in-jordan/a-students-gazetteer/76-burz-al-khirbet-sam-rus-n-irbid-governorate_148571.html - Khasawneh, N. 1993. Final Report on the Khirbet al-Burz – Sama ar-Rusan Excavation, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 38, 21–29 (in Arabic). - Puech, E. 2003. L’inscription christo-palestinienne du Ouadi Rajib-Ajloun et de nouvelles inscriptions christo-palestiniennes de Jordanie, in: G.C. Bottini, L. di Segni & L.D. Chrupcala (eds), One Land Many Cultures; Jerusalem: Franciscan Press, 317–325. - SEG 53-1911. Sama ar-Rusan (area of el Burz). Fragmentary bilingual (Aramaic/Greek) inscription recording the foundation or renovation of a church, probably 6th/7th cent. A.D.