Hammam as-Sarah
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Hammam al-Sarah is an Umayyad bathhouse (hammam) in Jordan, built in connection with the complex of Qasr al-Hallabat, which stands some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west. [1] Along with examples in the other desert castles of Jordan, it is one of the oldest surviving remains of a Muslim bathhouse.[2][3][4]
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Alternative name | Hammam as-Sarkh, Hammam as-Sarakh |
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Location | Zarqa Governorate, Jordan |
Type | bathhouse |
History | |
Periods | Umayyad |
Site notes | |
Archaeologists | H.C. Butler (1905), Creswell (1926), Ghazi Bisheh (Jordanian Department of Antiquities, 1974-75), Ignacio Arce (Spanish Archaeological Mission to Jordan) |
Condition | restored ruin |
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