Publication Date
101 - 105 AH / 720 - 724 AD
Publication Place
-
Now on display at the Jordan Museum
Subject
Engraved stone.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
60 سم؛ العرض: 41 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
5085J
Record ID
object;ISL;jo;Mus01;3;ar
Library Location
Jordanian Archaeological Museum
Date
101 - 105 AH / 720 - 724 AD
Notes
This column capital is considered one of eighteen column capitals attributed to the Umayyad Palace in Al-Muwaqqar. On the capital of this column there is an inscription indicating that the tank was built on the orders of Yazid II. This crown was found in May 1943 in the courtyard of a house located a few hundred meters from the palace site. It is broken into two well-matched pieces. Three sides of the crown are decorated with a row of acanthus leaves separated by double spirals. One of these sides contains a prominent inscription written in Arabic consisting of ten lines, which reads as follows: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the construction of this pond was ordered by Abdullah Yazid, the leader of the believers. May God protect him, prolong his life, and bestow upon him love, blessings, and gifts in this world and after him. This palace was built under the care of Abdullah bin Salim.” There are three words between the eighth and ninth lines of this inscription, which are decorated in smaller letters than the rest of the inscription and read “fifteen cubits.” On the base of the capital that was found in the pool appear other words engraved showing different numbers that constitute a measure of water. The last measure, fifteen cubits, appears on the capital of the column. There is another prominent inscription that wraps around the three decorated sides of the crown pallet and is interrupted in the middle of each side, where there is a circular ornament in the middle of which is a three-sided leaf in which an inscription appears that reads, “O God, bless your servant, the Messenger of God.”
Sample Text
Aida Naghawy “Column Capital” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;jo;Mus01;3;ar
