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Unit No90

Unknown founder

Coordinates of the main entrance

30.041016N - 31.270945E

Attribution

Unknown founder

Higri (AH)Dates as given in the Inscription

Miladi (AD)Dates as given in the Inscription

Inscription Contemporary with the building?

Yes

Multiple date(s) In the inscription?

Yes

Assumed Date

First half of the 20th century

Based on

(based on stylistic features and building techniques)

Original Use

Funerary structure

Current Use

Funerary structure

Overall condition

Poor

Features of unit 90

Present Count Material Comments (see description for details)
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