MEGA-Jordan Site Report

Primary Site name: AMMAN/CITADEL

Other Site Names: JADIS: 2315002, Amman Citadel, AMMAN / CITADEL

Governorate: AMMAN Sub-governorate: Al-Jam'ah

MEGA Number: 2682

Site Map:

Coordinates (Long Lat): 35.93287 31.95682, 35.9331 31.95682, 35.93329 31.95682, 35.93345 31.95678, 35.93377 31.95669, 35.9339 31.95664, 35.934 31.9566, 35.93405 31.95656, 35.93426 31.95648, 35.93466 31.95628, 35.93499 31.95599, 35.9351 31.9559, 35.93518 31.95568, 35.93526 31.95555, 35.93542 31.95525, 35.93558 31.95509, 35.93579 31.95492, 35.93592 31.95484, 35.93633 31.95455, 35.9365 31.9545, 35.93669 31.95451, 35.93722 31.95459, 35.93738 31.95465, 35.93756 31.95467, 35.93784 31.95474, 35.93807 31.95479, 35.93823 31.95485, 35.93893 31.95492, 35.93901 31.95489, 35.93909 31.95481, 35.93922 31.95431, 35.93916 31.95424, 35.93884 31.95411, 35.93866 31.95408, 35.93812 31.95402, 35.93787 31.95397, 35.93765 31.95397, 35.93737 31.95392, 35.93722 31.95388, 35.93681 31.95382, 35.93661 31.95375, 35.93649 31.9537, 35.93604 31.9536, 35.93583 31.95345, 35.93547 31.95327, 35.93501 31.95306, 35.93467 31.95303, 35.93444 31.95313, 35.93423 31.95315, 35.93405 31.95326, 35.93383 31.95369, 35.93372 31.9538, 35.9336 31.95392, 35.93348 31.95408, 35.93339 31.95435, 35.93334 31.95463, 35.93329 31.95475, 35.93324 31.95496, 35.93313 31.95522, 35.93296 31.9558, 35.93284 31.95615, 35.93282 31.95626, 35.93274 31.95644, 35.93278 31.95669, 35.93277 31.95669, 35.93287 31.95682

Total Area (m²): 108128.1; Perimeter (m): 1718

Buffer Zone (m): 0

Period(s) Recorded for Site:

9022 (Early Bronze III); 9023 (Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)); 9026 (Middle Bronze IIb-c); 9031 (Iron Age I); 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9039 (Hellenistic, Unspecified); 9043 (Nabataean, Unspecified); 9045 (Roman, Late); 9048 (Byzantine, Late); 9050 (Islamic, Umayyad); 9051 (Islamic, Abbasid); 9052 (Islamic, Fatimid); 9053 (Islamic, Ayyubid); 9054 (Islamic, Mamluk); 9058 (Ottoman, Late); 9999 (Unspecified/Unknown Period)

DoA Office Responsible:

Department of Antiquities, Amman

Site Investigators:

Investigator(s): 2007-2008 Data, DOA; None

Investigation Date: None

Site Comments: [e.g., accuracy of coordinates; directions to Site]

Site Significance:

Scientific Value
Historical Value
Aesthetic Value
Social Value
Spiritual Value

Surveys:

Record History:

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Record Created By ORIGINAL IMPORT

Record Created On July 1, 2010

Record Review Status:

Status: Approved

Reviewer: None

Review Date: None

Comments:

The following 42 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:

MEGA Number	Element Type	Period(s) Recorded for Site Element:
14714	308 Temple	9045 Roman, Late
14715	515 Tower	9053 Islamic, Ayyubid
14716	515 Tower	9053 Islamic, Ayyubid
14717	301 Church/Chapel	9048 Byzantine, Late
14718	301 Church/Chapel	9048 Byzantine, Late
14719	304 Mosque	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14720	826 Souk/Market	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
14722	838 Water Structure, Reservoir (Birket)	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14723	514 Settlement, No Fortifications (Village)	9058 Ottoman, Late
14724	603 Kiln	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14725	308 Temple	9045 Roman, Late
14726	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9033 Iron Age IIc
14727	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9043 Nabataean, Unspecified
14728	308 Temple	9033 Iron Age IIc
14729	834 Water Structure, Aqueduct	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
14730	513 Settlement, Fortified	9045 Roman, Late
14731	418 Tomb, Rock-cut Shaft	9026 Middle Bronze IIb-c
14732	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9031 Iron Age I
14733	835 Water Structure, Cistern	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14734	499 Unspecified/Unknown Funerary	9026 Middle Bronze IIb-c
14735	902 Sherd/Flint Scatter or Other Material Culture (Excavated)	9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
14736	703 Inscription, Greek	9045 Roman, Late
14737	902 Sherd/Flint Scatter or Other Material Culture (Excavated)	9033 Iron Age IIc
14738	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9053 Islamic, Ayyubid
14739	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9039 Hellenistic, Unspecified
14740	513 Settlement, Fortified	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14741	902 Sherd/Flint Scatter or Other Material Culture (Excavated)	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
14742	304 Mosque	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14743	513 Settlement, Fortified	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
14744	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
14745	830 Tabun	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14746	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9039 Hellenistic, Unspecified
14747	304 Mosque	9052 Islamic, Fatimid
14748	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9054 Islamic, Mamluk
14749	902 Sherd/Flint Scatter or Other Material Culture (Excavated)	9022 Early Bronze III
14750	515 Tower	9053 Islamic, Ayyubid
14751	513 Settlement, Fortified	9051 Islamic, Abbasid
14752	513 Settlement, Fortified	9048 Byzantine, Late
14753	301 Church/Chapel	9048 Byzantine, Late
14754	838 Water Structure, Reservoir (Birket)	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14755	511 Palace	9050 Islamic, Umayyad
14721	511 Palace	9050 Islamic, Umayyad

Site References:

Primary Author	Date	Title
ABEL F.-M.	1908	Inscriptions de Transjordanie et de Haute Galilee
AHARONI Y.	1950	A New Ammonite Inscription
AL-BALADHURI A.B.Y.	1866	Kitab Futuh al-Buldan , Leiden.
AL-MHAISEN M.	1976	Jbeyha church 1976
AL-MOKADDASI M.I.A.	1877	Descriptio imperii Moslemici , Lugduhi Batavorum.
ALAMI Y.	1970	The Department of Antiquities : Achievements in 1969-1970
ALBRIGHT W.F.	1970	Some Comments on the 'Amman Citadel Inscription
ALMAGRO A.	1980	The Photogrammetric Survey of the Citadel of Amman and other Archaeological Sites in Jordan
ALMAGRO A.	1982	The Restoration of the Umayyad Monumental Constructions on the Amman Citadel (1979-1981)
ALMAGRO A.	1979	La campana de documentacion fotogrametrica en la ciudadela de Amman y otros monumentos de Jordania = ALMAGRO M. ed.,p.52-60,figs.13-16.
ALMAGRO A.	1982	El Palacio Omeya de la Ciudadela de Amman = PICCIRILLO ed.,
ALMAGRO A.	1983	El palacio Omeya de Amman. I. La Arquitectura , Madrid.
ALMAGRO A. & OLAVARRI E.	1982	A New Ummayad Palace at the Citadel of Amman
AVI-YONAH M. & STERN E.	1978	Rabbath-Ammon
BAGATTI B.	1973	Le antiche chiese di Filadelfia-Amman (Transgiordania)
BARNETT R.D.	1951	Four Sculptures from Amman
BARTOCCINI R.	1938	La Rocca Sacra degli Ammoniti
BARTOCCINI R.	1930	Ricerche e scoperte della missione italiana in Amman
BARTOCCINI R.	1932	Scavi ad Amman della Missione Archeologica Italiana
BARTOCCINI R.	1934	La terza campagna di scavi sull'Acropoli di Amman
BEN-ARIEH S.	1968	The Late Bronze Age Temple at Amman
BENNETT C.-M.	1978	Excavations at the Citadel (el Qal'ah), Amman, Jordan
BENNETT C.-M.	1979	Early Islamic Amman
BENNETT C.-M.	1979	Excavation at the Citadel (al Qal'a) Amman 1977
BENNETT C.-M.	1975	Excavations At The Citadel, Amman, 1975
BENNETT C.-M.	1979	Excavations on the Citadel (al Qal'a), Amman, 1978 Fourth Preliminary Report
BERMAN A.	1976	Islamic-Coins , Jerusalem.
BISHEH G.	1972	A Cave Burial Tomb From Jabal Jofeh El-Sharqi in Amman
BORAAS R.S.	1971	A Preliminary Sounding at Rujm El-Malfuf, 1969
BORDREUIL P.	1973	Inscriptions des Tetes a Double Face
BRUENNOW R. & VON DOMASZEWSKI A.	1904	Die Provincia Arabia auf Grund Zweier in den Jahren 1897 und 1898 unternommenen Reisen und der Berichte fruherer Reisender, 3 vols. , Strassburg.
CAMPBELL E.F.& WRIGHT G.E.	1969	Tribal League Shrines in Amman and Shechem
CONDER C.R.	1882	Tour of Their Royal Highnesses Princes Albert Victor and Georgeof Wales in Palestine
CONDER C.R.	1889	The Survey of Eastern Palestine I : The 'Adwan Country , London.
COULSTON J.C.	1984	Arms and Armour in Sculpture
CROSS F.M.	1969	Epigraphic Notes on the Amman Citadel Inscription
DAJANI R.W.	1966	An Iron Age Tomb from Amman (Jabal El-Jofeh Al-Sharqi)
DAJANI R.W.	1966	Amman - Jabal el-Qusur
DAJANI R.W.	1962	A Neo-Babylonian Seal from Amman
DAJANI R.W.	1966	Jabal Nuzha Tomb at Amman
DAJANI R.W.	1966	Amman - Excavation of a Late Bronze Age Temple
DANA S.F.	1970	Luweibdeh Roman Tomb
DORNEMANN R.H.	1966	Amman - Theater Consolidation
DRIVER G.R.	1945	Seals from 'Amman and Petra
DRIVER G.R.	1953	Seals and Tombstones
FRITZ V.	1971	Erwagungen zu dem spatbronzezeitlichen Quadratbau bei Amman
FULCO W.J.	1978	The 'Amman Citadel Inscription : A New Collation
FULCO W.J.	1979	The Amman Theater Inscription
GHAWANMEH Y.D.	1979	Amman, Hadaratuha wa tarikhuha , Amman. (Arabic)
HADIDI A.	1981	Archaeological Work of the Department of Antiquities
HADIDI A.	1982	An EB-MB Tomb at Jabal Jofeh in Amman
HADIDI A.	1982	A Roman Family Tomb at Amman Citadel Hill
HADIDI A.	1974	The Excavations of the Roman Forum at Amman (Philadelphia), 1964-1967
HADIDI A.	1973	A Greek Inscribed Altar from Amman
HADIDI A.	1975	Ummayyad Bronze coins from Amman
HADIDI A.	1970	The Pottery from the Roman Forum at Amman
HADIDI A.	1973	Some Bronze Coins from Amman
HADIDI A.	1978	The Roman Town-Plan of Amman = MOOREY & PARR eds.,p.210-222,figs.1-5,pls.31-35.
HAMMOND P.C.	1960	An Ammonite Stamp Seal from 'Amman
HARDING G.L.	1946	A Nabataean Tomb at 'Amman
HARDING G.L.	1951	A Roman Tomb in Amman
HARDING G.L.	1945	Two Iron Age Tombs from 'Amman
HARDING G.L.	1948	Recent Discoveries in Trans-Jordan
HARDING G.L.	1960	Amman
HARDING G.L.	1950	A Find of Great Archaeological Interest and Importance : UniqueStatues of the Iron Age Discovered at Amman
HARDING G.L.	1946	Excavations in Palestine and Trans-Jordan 1940-2 : 'Amman
HARDING G.L.	1958	Recent Discoveries in Jordan
HARDING G.L.	1951	Excavations on the Citadel, Amman
HARDING G.L.	1956	Excavations in Jordan, 1953-1954
HARDING G.L.	1951	Two Iron-Age Tombs in Amman
HARDING G.L. & ISSERLIN B.	1953	A Middle Bronze Age Tomb at Amman = HARDING ed.,
HARDING G.L. ET AL.	1953	The Tomb of Adoni Nur in Amman = HARDING ed.,
HENNESSY J.B.	1966	Chronique archeologique : Amman
HENNESSY J.B.	1985	Thirteenth Century B.C. Temple of Human Sacrifice at Amman
HENNESSY J.B.	1966	Excavation of a Late Bronze Age Temple at Amman
HENNESSY J.B.	1970	A Temple of Human Sacrifice at Amman
HENNESSY J.B.	1966	Supplementary Note (to WRIGHT G.R.H. 1966 in ZAW)
HENSCHEL-SIMON E.	1945	Note on the Pottery of the 'Amman Tombs
HOADE E.	1966	East of the Jordan , Jerusalem.
HOMES-FREDERICQ D. & FRANKEN H.J.	1984	eds., Argile, source de vie. Sept millenaires de ceramique en Jordanie , Bruxelles. (= Documents du Proche-Orient ancien 3)
HORSFIELD G.	1924	H(ORSFIELD),G.F., Note on the Roman Tomb Called Taba Bur, near Amman
IBN AL-FAKIH	1885	Kitab al-Boldan , Leiden. (=BGA 5)
IBN KHURRADADHBEH	1889	Kitab al-Masalik wa'l Mamalik , Leiden. (= BGA 6)
IBRAHIM M.	1971	Archaeological Excavations in Jordan, 1971
IBRAHIM M.	1972	Archaeological Excavations in Jordan 1972
ILIFFE J.H.	1950	Note on Objects of Pseudo-Jet and a Gnostic Gem from Roman Tombat 'Amman
JACOBS L.K.	1984	The relation between pottery body, firing method and colour ofglazed cooking pots dug up at Amman Citadel in Jordan
JIRKU A.	1956	Die Welt der Bibel.
KNAUF E.A.	1984	Abel Keramim
LANDES G.M.	1962	Rabbah
LANDES G.M.	1976	Rabbah
LEMAIRE P.	1936	Inscription monumentale a 'Amman
LITTLE R.M.	1983	Human Bone Fragment Analysis = HERR ed.,
MACKENZIE D.	1911	The Megalithic Monuments of Rabbath Ammon at Amman
MCCLELLAN T.	1975	Quantitative Studies in the Iron Age Pottery of Palestine, 2 vols., Ann Arbor University Microfilms. (Doctoral Thesis)
MCCOWN C.C.	1937	Epigraphic Gleanings in Transjordan
MCCOWN C.C.	1931	Archaeology in Palestine in 1930
MENDENHALL G.E.	1966	Amman - Iron Age Arabic Inscriptions Discovered
MILLER R.	1983	The Flints = HERR ed.,
MOSCATI S.	1951	L'epigrafia ebraica antica 1935-1950 , Roma.
MOULTON W.J.	1928	East of the Jordan Fifty years Ago
NAJJAR M.	1991	A New Middle Bronze Age Tomb from the Citadel of Amman.
NORTHEDGE A.E.	1981	Excavation at Qal'at 'Amman (Amman Citadel) 1981. (Unpublished Report for the Registration Center of the Department of Antiquities)
NORTHEDGE A.E.	1979	The Qasr of Amman
NORTHEDGE A.E.	1983	The Fortifications of Qal'at 'Amman ('Amman Citadel) : Preliminary Report
NORTHEDGE A.E.	1979	Amman Citadel Excavations on D Area, 1977-1978
O`CALLAGHAN R.T.	1952	A Statue Recently Found in 'Amman
ODED B.	1969	The Amman Theater Inscription
OLAVARRI E.	1980	Altar de Hermes, procedente de Amman
OLAVARRI E.	1979	Chronique archeologique : Citadelle d'Amman (1975-78)
OLAVARRI E.	1980	Altar de Zeus-Ba'alshamin, procedente de Amman
PICCIRILLO M.	1984	The Umayyad Churches of Jordan
PICCIRILLO M.	1983	Chiese e mosaici di Giordania 1983 = PICCIRILLO ed.,
PICCIRILLO M.	1978	Una tomba del Bronzo Medio ad Amman ?
PRITCHARD J.B.	1954	ed., The Ancient Near East in Pictures , Princeton. (= ANEP)
PUECH E. & ROFE A.	1973	L'inscription de la citadelle d'Amman
RAFIK M. & DAJANI W.	1966	Chronique archeologique : Rapport sur les recentes activites duDepartement des Antiquites de Jordanie
REIFENBERG A.	1951	Ancient Hebrew Seals , London.
REY-COQUAIS J.P.	1981	Philadelphie de Coelesyrie
ROLLEFSON G.O. ET AL.	1982	A Burin Site in the Umm Utheina District, Jabal Amman
SALLER S.J.	1962	Sacred Places and Objects of Ancient Palestine
SASSON V.	1979	The 'Amman Citadel Inscription as an Oracle Promising Divine Protection : Philological and Literary Comments
SAVIGNAC M.R.	1905	Chronique : Glanures epigraphiques
SAVIGNAC M.R. & ABEL M.	1905	Inscriptions grecques et latines
SHEA W.H.	1979	Milkom as the Architect of Rabbath-Ammon's Natural Defences in the Amman Cidtadel Inscription
SHEA W.H.	1981	The Amman Citadel Inscription Again
SPIJKERMAN A.	1978	The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia , Jerusalem.
STARCKY J.	1974	Note on : Zayadine F., "Note sur l'inscription de la statue d'Amman J.1656"
SULEIMAN E.	1983	A Hoard of Ptolemaic Silver coins from Amman
TELL S.K.	1969	Notes on the Archaeology of Amman
TOURNAY R.	1967	Un cylindre babylonien decouvert en Transjordanie
TYLECOTE R.F.	1979	Slag from the Citadel, Amman, Jordan
VAN SELMS A.	1975	Some Remarks on the Amman Citadel Inscription
VAN ZYL A.H.	1960	The Moabites , Leiden. (= Pretoria Oriental Studies 3)
VILLENEUVE F.	1984	Amman et son passe : le point de vue d'un archeologue
VOGT E.	1958	Aetas Aeris Recentis in Transjordania
VON HITROWO B.	1896	Gutachten, betreffend die Nothwendigkeit neuer photographischerAufnamen der Ruinen Palastina's und Syriens
WARD W.A.	1964	Cylinders & Scarabs from a Late Bronze Temple at 'Amman
WARD W.A.	1966	Scarabs, Seals and Cylinders from Two Tombs at Amman
WEIPPERT H.	1977	Rabbath-Ammon = K.GALLING ed., Biblisches Reallexikon = Handbuchzum Alten Testament I 1 , Tubingen,cols.258 ff.
WEIPPERT M.	1963	Archaologischer Jahresbericht
WEIPPERT M.	1965	Philadelphia = Lexikon der Alten Welt, Zurich,col.2289.
WRIGHT G.E. & CAMPBELL E.F.	1969	Tribal League Shrines in Amman and Shechem
WRIGHT G.R.H.	1966	The Bronze Age Temple at Amman
YASSINE K.N.	1975	Anthropoid Coffins From Raghdan Royal Palace Tomb in Amman
YELLIN-KALLAI Y.	1953	Notes on the New Ammonite Inscription
ZAYADINE F.	1977	The Frescoes of Quseir Amra , Amman.
ZAYADINE F.	1979	Chronique archeologique : Citadelle d'Amman
ZAYADINE F.	1982	Amman-Philadelphie
ZAYADINE F.	1978	An EB-MB bilobate tomb at Amman = MOOREY & PARR eds., p.59-66,figs.1-4,pls.8-10.
ZAYADINE F.	1983	Un Fascinum pres de l'Odeon d'Amman-Philadelphie
ZAYADINE F.	1975	Rabbat Ammon and its Citadel
ZAYADINE F.	1981	Recent Excavations and Restorations of the Department of Antiquities (1979-80)
ZAYADINE F.	1982	Recent Excavations : A Byzantine painted Tomb at Jebel El Jofeh- Amman
ZAYADINE F.	1969	A Greek Inscription from the Forum of Amman - Philadelphia A.D.189
ZAYADINE F. ET AL.	1975	The Archaeology of Amman, 2000 B.C.-750 A.D., Exhibition orgranized by the Department of Antiquities in cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany , Amman.

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