MEGA-Jordan Site Report

Primary Site name: MEDEINEH (ON WADI ETH-THEMED)

Other Site Names: JADIS: 2311014, Kh.elMudayneh (wadi eth Thamad) WT 01, خربة المدينة -وادي الثمد

Governorate: AMMAN Sub-governorate: Um Rsas

MEGA Number: 2694

Site Map:

Coordinates (Long Lat): 35.90824 31.59015, 35.90812 31.59003, 35.908 31.58994, 35.90787 31.58984, 35.90763 31.58959, 35.90714 31.58912, 35.90688 31.5887, 35.90684 31.58836, 35.90684 31.58808, 35.90687 31.58792, 35.90687 31.58769, 35.9069 31.58748, 35.90629 31.58574, 35.90661 31.58514, 35.90739 31.58635, 35.90793 31.58741, 35.90851 31.58801, 35.90895 31.58868, 35.90929 31.58888, 35.90978 31.58929, 35.90982 31.58941, 35.9098 31.5897, 35.9095 31.59018, 35.90929 31.59038, 35.90911 31.59044, 35.909 31.59041, 35.90872 31.59041, 35.90855 31.59039, 35.90833 31.59027, 35.90834 31.59027, 35.90824 31.59015

Total Area (m²): 75312.4; Perimeter (m): 1426

Buffer Zone (m): 0

Period(s) Recorded for Site:

9006 (Kebaran); 9031 (Iron Age I); 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9034 (Iron Age III (Persian)); 9035 (Iron Age, Unspecified); 9041 (Nabataean, Middle); 9042 (Nabataean, Late); 9043 (Nabataean, Unspecified); 9044 (Roman, Early); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9059 (Ottoman, Unspecified); 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:

Last Modified By Samar Habahbeh

Last Modified On September 2, 2014

Record Created By ORIGINAL IMPORT

Record Created On July 1, 2010

Record Review Status:

Status: Under Review

Reviewer: None

Review Date: None

Comments:

The following 32 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:

MEGA Number	Element Type	Period(s) Recorded for Site Element:
14991	825 Statue/Sculpture/Bas-Relief	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
14992	835 Water Structure, Cistern	9044 Roman, Early
14993	838 Water Structure, Reservoir (Birket)	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
14994	838 Water Structure, Reservoir (Birket)	9006 Kebaran
14995	308 Temple	9043 Nabataean, Unspecified
14996	703 Inscription, Greek	9042 Nabataean, Late
14997	901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)	9049 Byzantine, Unspecified
14998	834 Water Structure, Aqueduct	9044 Roman, Early
14999	830 Tabun	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
15000	835 Water Structure, Cistern	9043 Nabataean, Unspecified
15001	834 Water Structure, Aqueduct	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
15002	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9042 Nabataean, Late
15003	830 Tabun	9033 Iron Age IIc
15004	513 Settlement, Fortified	9031 Iron Age I
15005	399 Unspecified/Unknown Religious Structures	9035 Iron Age, Unspecified 9034 Iron Age III (Persian)
15006	804 Courtyard	9033 Iron Age IIc
15007	899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)	9044 Roman, Early
15008	823 Rock-cut Basin	9043 Nabataean, Unspecified
15009	513 Settlement, Fortified	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
15010	411 Grave	9042 Nabataean, Late
15011	699 Unspecified/Unknown Industrial	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
15012	603 Kiln	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
15013	830 Tabun	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
15014	705 Inscription, Latin	9041 Nabataean, Middle
15015	804 Courtyard	9032 Iron Age IIa-b
15016	513 Settlement, Fortified	9033 Iron Age IIc
15017	830 Tabun	9044 Roman, Early
15018	821 Road	9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
15019	705 Inscription, Latin	9042 Nabataean, Late
15020	703 Inscription, Greek	9041 Nabataean, Middle
15021	834 Water Structure, Aqueduct	9043 Nabataean, Unspecified
15022	411 Grave	9059 Ottoman, Unspecified

Site References:

Primary Author	Date	Title
AHARONI Y.	1967	The Land of the Bible. A Historical Geography , London.
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.
Chadwick, R.et al.	2000	Four Seasons of Excavations at Khirbat al-Mudayna on Wadi ath-Thamad, 1996-1999
Daviau, P.et al.	2000	Preliminary Report of Excavations at Khirbat al-Mudayna on Wadi ath-Thamad (1996-1999) the Nabataean Building
GLUECK N.	1939	Explorations in Eastern Palestine III , New Haven. (AASOR 18-19= EEP 3)
GLUECK N.	1933	Explorations in Eastern Palestine I , Philadelphia. (AASOR 14 =EEP 1)
MILLER J.M.	1989	Six Khirbet el-Medeinehs in the Region East of the Dead Sea.
MUSIL A.	1908	Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien.

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