A cave in Amman has writing in a strange language.. What is the story of this cave!

Weather of Arabia - near the Wadi Al-Seer area west of the Jordanian capital Amman, specifically about 15 km southwest of Wadi Al-Seer, the Iraq Al-Amir area is located on high and medium-altitude hills, and Iraq Al-Amir is a green area in which water springs abound and is famous for its olive trees in addition to other forest trees . There is Qasr al-Abed, or the so-called Iraq Prince Palace, and there are many caves on its hills that date back to the Copper Age and earlier.

The reason for naming the region “Iraq Al Amir”

The word Iraq means caves in the mountains, and scholars explain that Iraq here is either the analogy of the palace to a cave, or because the area is teeming with caves, which is a description that matches the geography of the region. As for the prince, it is likely that he is Tobia the Ammonite who was mentioned by the Christian heritage.

Caves of "Iraq al-Amir"

The Iraq Al-Amir Caves are located on the right side of the valley leading to the Qasr Al-Abd building. They are natural caves that date back to the Natufian period. Modifications were made to it and some of its interior walls and some of its ceilings were trimmed by the people of the region in the third century BC.

There are many rocky caves carved in the rocky reef on the western mountain page. The 13 caves were supplied with water through stone irrigation channels carved in the rock that transfer water from the water pool located at the top of the mountain peak in the back of Iraq al-Amir to those caves.

The inscriptions in the caves of "Iraq al-Amir"

Drawings and inscriptions dating back to the third century BC in the late Persian era and the beginning of the Hellenistic era were found in the caves of Iraq al-Amir, writing (five letters) on the doors of these caves in the Aramaic language (one of the Semitic languages of the Middle East - and it was the official language in Jordan and Palestine for several centuries). B.C).

These letters are a name, which is (Tobia), which is the Ammonite family that ruled the mountains of Amman in those centuries.

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