al-Saʿnah; Dayr al-Saʿnah Complete

Description

At the site known as Dayr al-Saʿnah (al-Saʿnah), a mosaic inscribed in Christian Palestinian Aramaic was uncovered within an annex situated to the southeast of the eastern one of the two churches identified there. The locality lies to the southwest of Irbid. Further reading: Hoyland, R. 2010. Mount Nebo, Jabal Ramm, and the status of Christian Palestinian Aramaic and Old Arabic in Late Roman Palestine and Arabia, [in:] M.C.A. Macdonald (ed.), The development of Arabic as written language, Oxford, 29-46. 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.