In September/December 2018, the Islamic Baydha Project has carried on its fifth season of a project of archaeological excavations at the Islamic Baydha village (Khirbet Baydha). The project, directed by Micaela Sinibaldi and affiliated with the Council for British Research in the Levant, in season 2018 had a duration of six weeks of fieldwork (15 September to 25 October) and eight weeks of study season (27 October to 22 December). The grant awarded by the Palestine Exploration Fund was, as for every other season, absolutely essential for carrying on the fieldwork this year, in particular to support a study season. The grant has been important to support living and transport expenses for team members, as well as the cost of a study season. The Islamic Baydha Project is generously co-funded since its first season by the Barakat Trust and the Palestine Exploration Fund. During the 2018 season, one trench has been opened in one of the two mosques of the village (Mosque 1), which are a rare architectural feature in Petra. Results include the complete mapping of the structure, which has now been completely exposed, and the collection of finds from the surfaces of occupation of the building. The complete excavation of Mosque 1 to the level of the floor, previously excavated by the Islamic Baydha Project (2015–2017), has confirmed the presence of at least two earlier building phases, as already recorded in former seasons, with traces of an earlier building found under the eastern wall in season 2018. This aspect may have influenced the final proportions of the mosque, which are close to those of a square (about 7.50 × 7.50 m). The other interesting find in this structure were further remains of red-painted plaster, not only, as previously recorded, in the mihrab and along the western wall of the mosque, but also along the eastern wall, which demonstrates that the whole mosque was probably decorated in this way during its second phase of use. Traces of collapsed plaster are also around the columns and the pillars supporting the arches, therefore demonstrating that these elements were also covered in plaster. This season we discovered a platform in the NE corner of the mosque, which was originally constructed with the first floor of the mosque, and whose function is at this moment still not clearly understood. Mosque 1 has now been completely excavated internally to the level of the floors (Figure 1), but the part north of the entrance, which may have consisted of a courtyard, remains unexcavated, and some external parts of the mosque elevations remain still unrecorded due to the unexcavated parts. The chronology of the mosque can be framed within the Middle to Late Islamic period. Samples of soil and organic materials have been collected from the surfaces, in order to save them for the laboratory analysis and archaeobotanic samples. The areas were

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伊斯兰贝达项目，贝达（佩特拉地区），2018 季

2018 年 9 月/2018 年 12 月，伊斯兰贝达项目在伊斯兰贝达村 (Khirbet Baydha) 进行了第五季考古发掘项目。该项目由 Micaela Sinibaldi 指导，隶属于黎凡特英国研究委员会，在 2018 年进行了为期六周的实地考察（9 月 15 日至 10 月 25 日）和八周的研究季（10 月 27 日至 12 月 22 日） . 与其他季节一样，巴勒斯坦探索基金授予的赠款对于今年开展实地工作绝对必不可少，尤其是支持一个学习季节。这笔赠款对于支持团队成员的生活和交通费用以及学习季节的费用非常重要。伊斯兰贝达项目自第一季起就由巴拉卡特信托基金和巴勒斯坦勘探基金慷慨资助。2018 年期间，村里的两座清真寺之一（清真寺 1）开辟了一条壕沟，这是佩特拉罕见的建筑特色。结果包括对现在已经完全暴露的结构的完整映射，以及从建筑物占用表面收集的发现。之前由伊斯兰贝达项目（2015-2017 年）挖掘的 1 号清真寺完全挖掘到地板的水平，已经确认存在至少两个早期的建筑阶段，如前几个季节已经记录的那样，以及更早的痕迹2018 年在东墙下发现的建筑。这方面可能影响了清真寺的最终比例，接近正方形（约 7.50 × 7.50 m）。在这个结构中另一个有趣的发现是进一步的红色石膏遗迹，正如先前记录的那样，不仅在米赫拉布和清真寺的西墙，而且沿着东墙，这表明整个清真寺很可能是在使用的第二阶段以这种方式装饰。柱子和支撑拱门的柱子周围也有倒塌的灰泥痕迹，因此表明这些元素也被灰泥覆盖。本季我们在清真寺的东北角发现了一个平台，它原本是与清真寺的一楼一起建造的，现在还不清楚它的功能。1 号清真寺现已完全挖掘到与地面齐平的内部（图 1），但入口以北可能由庭院组成的部分仍未开挖，由于未开挖的部分，清真寺立面的一些外部部分仍未记录。清真寺的年表可以在伊斯兰中后期形成。已经从地表收集了土壤和有机材料的样本，以便将它们保存起来用于实验室分析和古植物样本。这些地区是 以便将它们保存用于实验室分析和古植物样本。这些地区是 以便将它们保存用于实验室分析和古植物样本。这些地区是