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S-28

Name:
 قلعة مريمة (Qalʿat Maryamah)

Site Type:
 Isolated Structure

Periodization:

	Possible	Probable	Certain
Modern:
Islamic:
Pre-Islamic:
Bronze Age:
Neolithic:
Palaeolithic:

Terrain:
 Spur/Ridge

Site Condition:
 Good

Coordinates:
 1766351 N, 268213 E

Elevation:
 700 MSL

Length:
 100 m

Width:
 60 m

Long Axis:
 N–S

Notes:
 Islamic period fortress(es) atop a spur about 75m above the wadi floor. Multiple structures; mud brick with stone foundations. Some painted sherds; many red-slipped sherds. A-1 on high peak; A-2 on level below the peak; other structures visible on the slopes of the spur. A-1 possibly earlier than A-2, based their preservation.

Pottery is all Islamic.

Architecture:
 A-1
 A-2

Object(s):
 O-37
 O-38
 O-39
 O-40

Ceramic(s):
 C-181
 C-182
 C-183
 C-184
 C-185
 C-186
 C-187

Inscription(s):
 (none)

Drawing(s):
 (none)

Map(s):
 M-1

Photograph(s):
 P-1
 P-2
 P-3
 P-4
 P-61
 P-62