Unit No67
Unknown
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Coordinates of the main entrance |
30.045049N - 31.274334E |
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Attribution |
Unknown |
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Higri (AH)Dates as given in the Inscription |
1338 |
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Miladi (AD)Dates as given in the Inscription |
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Inscription Contemporary with the building? |
Yes |
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Multiple date(s) In the inscription? |
Yes |
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Assumed Date |
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Based on |
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Original Use |
Funerary enclosure |
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Current Use |
Funerary enclosure |
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Overall condition |
Fair |
Features of unit 67
| Present | Count | Material | Comments (see description for details) | |
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| Free standing structure | No | |||
| Walled enclosure | Yes | 1 | stone | |
| Rooms by the perimeter wall | Yes | 1 | stone | Inaccessible |
| Freestanding structure(s) in enclousure | No | |||
| Dome over the tomb chamber | No | |||
| Neo-Mamluk architectural decoration | No | |||
| Garden layout | No | Trees in the courtyard, no formal layout | ||
| Sabil(s) | No | |||
| Wall fountain(s) | No | |||
| Canopy on columns / pillars | No | |||
| Carved marble cenotaph(s) | No | |||
| Decorated limestone tomb-markers | No | Interior and courtyard inaccessible | ||
| Decorated gateway | Yes | 2 | stone | Interior and courtyard inaccessible |
| Decorative door-leaves | No | |||
| Decorative window grilles | No | |||
| Decorative shutters | No | |||
| Painted ceiling(s) | No | Possibly present, interiors inaccessible | ||
| Decorative paving(s) | No | Possibly present, interiors inaccessible |
Description (The direction towards Mecca (Qibla) is described as eastern and other directions are named accordingly)
A small rectangular enclosure measuring ca 8 x 16 metres, facing streets to the west and south and adjoining neighbouring structures to the east and north. The entrance façade faces west.
The unit comprises a small single storey building in the western part, and an open courtyard that occupies the eastern part of the site. The front façade, as well as the entrance to the courtyard in the southern façade, corners of the enclosure and the cornice are built of ashlar stone; the rest of the walls are constructed of rough stone and plastered. The entrance door is placed in the left side of the western façade. It is a very simplified Classically-based gate topped with a rusticated semi-circular arch. To the right are two plain rectangular windows with lintels formed by flat arches of simple, step-joggled vuissoirs. The right one has been walled up completely, the left one, partially. The gate to the courtyard in the southern façade is identical to the western entrance; it is currently walled up. The front building had two rectangular windows facing south; the right one has been walled up completely, the left one, partially. If there were any decorative window grilles in the arches of the entrance gate (as is usually the case with similar buildings in the area), they have been removed. The building is topped with a simple Classical cornice, with no traces of crenellations. There are no neo-Mamluk or otherwise Islamic elements in the architecture of the unit.
Condition of preservation
The unit is abandoned, disused and dilapidating, although it is not in immediate danger of collapse. There is serious damage from rising damp to the lower portions of the walls.
Information abut the founder, family history, etc.
The architectural design and details are very similar to those of the nearby group of larger enclosures further north (No 58-65 in this survey and neighbouring ones). Those units were apparently built as part of a new urban layout; some are dated by inscriptions to 1908 -1918.
- Field recording by
- Hadeer Ahmad, Muhammad Esam, and Esraa al-Mahdi, edited by Jaroslaw Dobrowolski
- Date recorded
- August 8, 2023
- Data entered by
- Hadeer Ahmad
- Date entered
- May 2, 2024