Primary Site name: MISNA
Other Site Names: JADIS: 2207033
Governorate: KARAK Sub-governorate: Al-Qasier
MEGA Number: 11055
Site Map:
Coordinates (Long Lat): 35.75855 31.27935, 35.75809 31.27955, 35.75806 31.28027, 35.75851 31.28137, 35.75915 31.28189, 35.75981 31.28235, 35.76076 31.28232, 35.76096 31.28113, 35.76067 31.28039, 35.76009 31.27996, 35.75936 31.2796, 35.75855 31.27935
Total Area (m²): 62250.7; Perimeter (m): 968
Buffer Zone (m): 0
Period(s) Recorded for Site:
9021 (Early Bronze II-III); 9023 (Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)); 9024 (Early Bronze, Unspecified); 9027 (Middle Bronze, Unspecified); 9029 (Late Bronze IIa-b); 9030 (Late Bronze, Unspecified); 9031 (Iron Age I); 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9043 (Nabataean, Unspecified); 9047 (Byzantine, Early); 9048 (Byzantine, Late); 9053 (Islamic, Ayyubid); 9054 (Islamic, Mamluk); 9059 (Ottoman, Unspecified); 9999 (Unspecified/Unknown Period)
DoA Office Responsible:
Karak Antiquities Office
Site Investigators:
Investigator(s): JADIS IMPORT, 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 August 14, 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 17 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:
MEGA NumberElement TypePeriod(s) Recorded for Site Element:
49297901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9047 Byzantine, Early
49298901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9059 Ottoman, Unspecified
49299901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9033 Iron Age IIc
49300901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9024 Early Bronze, Unspecified
49301901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9032 Iron Age IIa-b
49302901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9030 Late Bronze, Unspecified
49303901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9023 Early Bronze IV (EB-MB)
49304901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9048 Byzantine, Late
49305901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
49306901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9054 Islamic, Mamluk
49307901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9031 Iron Age I
49308901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9043 Nabataean, Unspecified
49309901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9029 Late Bronze IIa-b
49310899 Unspecified/Unknown General Site Element (Specify)
9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period
49311901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9027 Middle Bronze, Unspecified
49312901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9053 Islamic, Ayyubid
49313901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated)
9021 Early Bronze II-III
Site References:
Primary AuthorDateTitle
BRUENNOW R. & VON DOMASZEWSKI A.1904Die Provincia Arabia auf Grund Zweier in den Jahren 1897 und 1898 unternommenen Reisen und der Berichte fruherer Reisender, 3 vols. , Strassburg.
GLUECK N.1933Explorations in Eastern Palestine I , Philadelphia. (AASOR 14 =EEP 1)
MATTINGLY G.L.1983Nelson Glueck and Early Bronze Age Moab
MILLER J.M.1979Archaeological Survey South of Wadi Mujib : Glueck's Sites revisited
MUSIL A.1908Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien.
SMITH G.A.1905The Roman Road between Kerak and Madeba
TRISTRAM H.B.1873The Land of Moab. Travels and Discoveries on the East Side of the Dead Sea and the Jordan , London.
VAN ZYL A.H.1960The Moabites , Leiden. (= Pretoria Oriental Studies 3)
Worschech, U. & Ninow, F.1999Preliminary Report on the Excavation at al-Balu' and First Sounding at al-Misna in 1997
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