Qasr Al-Abed

Qasr Al-Abed
Jean Housen · CC BY 3.0

Qasr al-Abd is a large Hellenistic palace built in the first quarter of the second century BCE (c. 200-175 BCE) by the Tobiads, a prominent Jewish family during the Second Temple period[1]. Its ruins are located in the Wadi Seer valley near Iraq al-Amir in modern-day Jordan, approximately 17 kilometers west of Amman[1].

TypeCastle/palace
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryJordan
Coordinates31.9130° N, 35.7524° E

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