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Khajar Mansub
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AddedJan 22 2005
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Description Hajr al Mansub,The Mansub Stone. One may conjecture whether the groove was carved to deliberately create a phallic form or whether it was for some other, more prosaic, purpose.

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AngieLake
(2005-01-22)
Maybe the top part once had a face?
enkidu41
(2005-01-22)
Interesting suggestion. Not sure that faces on menhirs is a common feature to be found in Jordan but if the Sardinian statue menhirs are anything to go by a face would also have been accompanied by other anatomical features, particularly the shoulders. They are absent here although this only reduces the possibility of a face, not rule it out.
thecaptain
(2005-01-23)
Dont know that I should say this, Oh go on then.... Would that be a one eyed face ?
motist
(2006-06-05)
the locattion is :close to Al-Mureghat/Zerka Ma'in

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