‘Ajloun Complete

ID: 5

Region/Province: Arabia

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Description

To date, three inscriptions have been documented at this site, each associated with a different structure. The known architectural remains comprise three buildings: a south church, a north church, and a chapel situated within the castle. The location lies in the area between Pella and Gerasa. 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. Piccirillo, M. and Qudah, Z. 2003. "L’eremitaggio nel Wadi Rajib Sulla Montagna di Ajlun in Giordania", in: G.C. Bottini, L. di Segni and L.D. Chrupcala (eds), One Land–Many Cultures. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 309–316. 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.


Added by: Martyna
Author: Tomasz Barański, Karolina Tomczyszyn, Małgorzata Krawczyk
Added: 2021-11-25
Last modified: 2024-04-09

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