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Surroundings:

Khirbat al-BardhonQasr al-Abd near Iraq al-Amir, JordanQasr al-Abd, Lintel above gateQasr al-Abd, Lioness, north westQasr al-Abd, Remains of the palaceQasr al-Abd, Lioness, north westQasr al-Abd, Remains of the palaceQasr al-Abd, Panther, north eastQasr al-Abd, Remains of the palace, InteriorQasr al-Abd, Panther, north westQasr al-Abd, Remains of the palace, InteriorQasr al-Abd, Remains of the palace, InteriorQasr al-Abd, Remains of the palace, South sideQasr al-Abd, Remains of the palace, South west corner with lionsQasr al-Abd, Byzantine capitalQasr al-Abd, GateMugharat al-Kaniseh - Church in front the Cave ChurchCave 13Khirbet el-Hajjar, Ammonite female statueKhirbet el-Hajjar, Ammonite female statueKhirbet el-Hajjar, Ammonite female statueKhirbet el-Hajjar, Ammonite male statueKhirbet el-Hajjar, Ammonite female statue

Location:

  • Jordan, ‘Irāq al Amīr
  • geo:31.917147,35.749378
  • Location uncertain

Period or year:

  • -200~ / unknown

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=69683

Annotations

The site of Khirbit il-Bardhon, by Claude Reignier Conder mentioned as El Bardawil. These mansion is difficult to date. It could be Hellenistic or Roman Period building.

Sources:

  1. Howard Crosby Butler, Syria: publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904 - 5 and 1909 (Div. 2, Sect. A ; 1): Ammonitis — 1907, p. 26-28 - https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/syria_div2_sectA_1/0056/image,info
  2. Claude Reignier Conder, The Survey of Eastern Palestine, Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, Archaeology, Etc., vol. l. The 'Adwân country,  1889, p. 90

Relevant museums

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.


Nearby

Khirbat al-Bardhon [el Bardawil]

Rock-cut tombs. Khirbit il-Bardhon.

Araq Al-Amir - Cave of the Prince

Iraq Al-Amir - Cave of the Prince.

Qasr Al-Abd [Jordan]

Hellenistic palace from approximately 200 BC. Qasr al-Abd near Iraq al-Amir, Jordan. Iraq al-Amir. Kasr al Abd


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