Rujm al-Kursī | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Rujm al-Kursī

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Rujm al-Kursī

Country/region:

Jordan/Central Highlands

Alternate names & spellings:

Khirbat al-Kursi, Khirbat al-Kursī, Khirbet el-Kursi, Khirbet el-Kursī, Rujm al Kursi, Rujm al-Kursi, Rujm al Kursī, Rujm el-Kursi, Rujm el-Kursī

Coordinates (N,E):

31.97134 , 35.83801

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

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Site Description

Rujm al-Kursī is a site located in northwestern 'Amman. It was excavated over several seasons in the 1980s and 1990s by a team from the University of Jordan, and pottery and coins from the site have been published, although a detailed excavation report has not. The site is perhaps best known for its probable Ammonite moon-god temple, dating to the Iron Age IIC (Hübner 2009), but the excavations primarily revealed remains of the Byzantine, Early Islamic, and Middle Islamic periods.

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Related Images

Iron Age IIC structure at Rujm al-Kursi potentially identified as a temple to a moon god (Photo: I. Jones).

Restored Byzantine-Early Islamic monastic complex in northwestern section of Rujm al-Kursi (Photo: I. Jones).

Vessels 2

Rujm al Kursī Walmsley 2022 Fig. 5.122

Bowl

Rujm al-Kursī

9th to 10th century CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Rujm al Kursī Walmsley 2022 Fig. 5.110

Bowl

Rujm al-Kursī

Likely 9th to 10th century CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

OpenStreetMaps (https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4011090996)

TM Geo (Trismegistos) (http://www.trismegistos.org/place/58303)

Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Byzantine-Islamic Geometric Painted Ware

c. 300-1100 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Early Islamic Levantine Kerbschnitt Ware

9th-10th century CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Hübner, Ulrich. "Der Mondtempel auf Ruğm al-Kursī in der Ammonitis" in Israel zwischen den Mächten: Festschrift für Stefan Timm zum 65. Geburtstag, ed(s). Pietsch, Michael, and Hartenstein, Friedhelm. Alter Orient und Altes Testament Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2009, 145-153
'Amr, Abdel-Jalil. "Shallow Umayyad Painted Pottery Bowls from Rujm el-Kursi Excavations" Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 32 (1988), 247-254
Khadija, Lynn. "Designs on Painted Ayyubid/Mamluk Pottery from Rujm el-Kursi, 1990 Season" Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 36 (1992), 345-356

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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