5322 x 3840 px | 45,1 x 32,5 cm | 17,7 x 12,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
Juni 2015
Ort:
Jordan
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Hammam al-Sarakh The bath located approximately two kilometers east of the main site of Qasr Hallabat is known as Hammam al-Sarakh and consists of a rectangular audience hall, and a bath. It is reminiscent of Qusayr 'Amra in plan. It is speculated that the main entrance to the hall was centered in the southwestern façade, however today this section of the bathhouse barely stands, encompassed in rubble. Like the audience hall at Qusayr 'Amra, an alcove off the south-east wall leads into two small side rooms each one incorporating three narrow windows. The bath area can be entered through a doorway at the northern corner of the hall. This leads first into the apodyterium (changing room) through which to the right one can enter the tepidarium (heated room). Directly across from this entrance another passageway leads to a small bay. The caldarium is accessed off the northeast side of the tepidarium and includes two semicircular niches, each featuring a central window that flanks the main domed area. The dome itself was lacquered with rose-colored cement on its exterior with shale-covered supports on its interior. In addition, it was punctuated with eight round apertures of which remnants can still be detected. Once decorated in marble, mosaics, and frescoes, these attributes of Hammam al-Sarakh are today in the process of being restored.
