Agora in Jerash

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  Jesús Díaz

  :: 21 May 2018 08:11:57

  This the Macellum of Jerash or marketplace (particularly vegetables and meat) which dates to the second half of the 2nd century AD. Shops are arranged on both sides of the main Cardo entrance, facing both flanking streets and also around the octagonal shaped central fountain square. As you enter, you can see that on one of the huge columns facing the Cardo the word 'agora' was inscribed into it. One of the shops at the opposite end of the entrance has animal carvings on stone table legs. The huge stone table top nearby has marks and scratches from centuries of chopping with knives. During the Byzantine and Umayyad periods, many of the shops around the octagonal courtyard were converted into tanneries. You can still see the vats inside the tannery shops North of the fountain. After a wander around, retrace your steps to the Cardo Maximus and continue North to the next building: the Umayyad-Abbasid Congregational Mosque.

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  if24

  :: 04 March 2018 00:37:07

  Site within Jerash

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  Omar Mahassneh

  :: 17 April 2017 10:06:43

  Notice that not all places are mentioned on Maps

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  Esam Super

  :: 16 March 2017 12:32:03

  Amaaaazing place

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  Mohannad Safadi

  :: 20 March 2016 14:21:00

  Beautiful, it was once a thriving market with a beautiful fountain in the center. Great to see how stores were subdivided and well organized. Also, there is some stores where you can tell what once existed there by their statues that still reside there.