Unit No90
Unknown founder
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Coordinates of the main entrance |
30.041016N - 31.270945E |
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Attribution |
Unknown founder |
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Higri (AH)Dates as given in the Inscription |
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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 |
First half of the 20th century |
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Based on |
(based on stylistic features and building techniques) |
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Original Use |
Funerary structure |
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Current Use |
Funerary structure |
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Overall condition |
Poor |
Features of unit 90
| Present | Count | Material | Comments (see description for details) | |
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| Free standing structure | Yes | 1 | wood, plaster | |
| Walled enclosure | No | |||
| Rooms by the perimeter wall | No | |||
| Freestanding structure(s) in enclousure | No | |||
| Dome over the tomb chamber | No | |||
| Neo-Mamluk architectural decoration | No | |||
| Garden layout | No | |||
| Sabil(s) | No | |||
| Wall fountain(s) | No | |||
| Canopy on columns / pillars | No | |||
| Carved marble cenotaph(s) | No | Interior inaccessible | ||
| Decorated limestone tomb-markers | No | Interior inaccessible | ||
| Decorated gateway | No | |||
| Decorative door-leaves | No | |||
| Decorative window grilles | No | |||
| Decorative shutters | No | |||
| Painted ceiling(s) | No | Interior inaccessible | ||
| Decorative paving(s) | No | Interior inaccessible |
Unusual or unique features
• Built entirely of wood (upper storey in lath-and-plaster)
Description (The direction towards Mecca (Qibla) is described as eastern and other directions are named accordingly)
A very small two-storey building measuring only about 4 x 4 metres. The free-standing structure (abutting to the east on a lower wall of neighbouring funerary enclosure) does not stand within any discernible walled enclosure. It is very simple, undecorated, and built entirely of wood. The ground floor is covered with vertical planks with laths covering the joints; the upper floor is of lath-and-plaster construction. The ground floor is L-shaped, so the entrance door, which faces south, is placed in the indented south-western corner under the overhanging upper storey. On the ground floor, there is a large window in each the western and the northern façades, with simple, undecorated steel grilles and simple panelled shutters. On the upper floor, there is a balcony running along the entire length of the western elevation, carried on three cantilevered wooden beams. It appears that the balcony was covered, probably by a lightweight trellis (the preserved corner posts are very slim.) The balustrade (still present along the front side in autumn 2015, but now preserved only on the northern side) is made of plain undecorated posts. The balcony is entered from a wide two-leaved door in the centre of the western wall. The simple panelled door is undecorated. There are two large windows in the northern elevation, and one small window in the southern one.
The interior was inaccessible at the time of recording.
Condition of preservation
The building is dilapidated and deteriorating. The roofing over the balcony and most of its balustrade are missing. All wood is desiccated. Plaster is almost completely missing from the lath-and-plaster walls of the upper storey. However, at some time in the past few years, the ground floor was painted white.
- Field recording by
- Jaroslaw Dobrowolski
- Date recorded
- November 20, 2023
- Data entered by
- Yusuf Yassir
- Date entered
- May 28, 2024