Hammam al-Sarah


Hammam al-Sarah is an Umayyad bathhouse in Jordan, built in connection with the complex of Qasr al-Hallabat, which stands some to the west.

Description

Qasr al-Hallabat is one of the Umayyad buildings collectively known as the desert castles. Its design shows similarities to that of Qusayr 'Amra, another one of the desert castles. The design consists of a rectangular audience hall as well as the actual baths. The baths comprise an apodyterium, tepidarium and caldarium, with attached furnace, water well, water lifting device, and raised water tank. The remains of a roofless mosque next to the furnace are of recent date. As of 2007 or earlier, most of the bath complex as well as the accompanying mosaics and sculpture were being conserved.