The Survey of Western Palestine, 1882-1888: A survey of eastern Palestine, 1881Archive Editions, 1998 - Palestine |
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Page 205
... cairn made by the Americans , and used by the English surveyors as a trigonometrical station ( see Khurbet Sîâghah ) ... cairn of Abu ' Alandah ' — a proper name ) .- A large cairn east of the Hâj road . Rujm Abu Hashireh ( , ' cairn of ...
... cairn made by the Americans , and used by the English surveyors as a trigonometrical station ( see Khurbet Sîâghah ) ... cairn of Abu ' Alandah ' — a proper name ) .- A large cairn east of the Hâj road . Rujm Abu Hashireh ( , ' cairn of ...
Page 206
... cairns on it . Rujm el Fahûd ( ) , ' cairn of lynxes ' ) .— Fahed is also an Arab proper name . It is apparently a ruined tower . الفريديه Rujm el Fureidiyeh رجم The root means to be separate or distinct . ) - Ruined folds for cattle ...
... cairns on it . Rujm el Fahûd ( ) , ' cairn of lynxes ' ) .— Fahed is also an Arab proper name . It is apparently a ruined tower . الفريديه Rujm el Fureidiyeh رجم The root means to be separate or distinct . ) - Ruined folds for cattle ...
Page 207
... cairn there is a rock - cut cistern with a manhole 4 feet in diameter in its roof . South of the cairn another trough , 21 inches in diameter , 1 feet deep , was seen . A Survey station was established at the cairn . Visited September ...
... cairn there is a rock - cut cistern with a manhole 4 feet in diameter in its roof . South of the cairn another trough , 21 inches in diameter , 1 feet deep , was seen . A Survey station was established at the cairn . Visited September ...
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12 feet 20 feet 9 feet 9 inches Adwân Ain Hesbân Ammân appears Arab arches arcosolium Beni Sakhr blocks building built Byzantine cairn capstone cave chamber circle cisterns cliff dolmens drafted east and west endstone fallen feet 3 inches feet 9 feet high feet in diameter feet long feet square feet thick feet wide Fendi flat foot foundations grave Heshbon hill Himyaritic inches high inches in diameter inches thick inches wide Jabbok Jogbehah Jordan Valley Kabr Kefrein Khurbet knoll Kusr Lieutenant Mantell lintel lintel-stone loculus Mâdeba Mareighât masonry measured menhirs Minyeh Moab monument Neba Nebo Nimrin north and south north-east north-west paces Palestine pillars plateau probably reduced map remains ridge road rock rock-cut Roman round rude Rujm sarcophagi Sheikh sidestones slope south-east south-west spring stones stream Tell terebinth tomb tower trilithon vaults VIEWS OF DOLMENS Visited September voussoirs Wâdy Hesbân WÂDY JIDEID wall yards Zophim