The attached figure illustrates some mason marks collected in the interior of the western minaret of the ʾUmayyād Mosque, in the antique lower story at the level of the exterior system of flat pilasters with a cavetto capital. These marks are clearly Seleucid, in accordance with the style of the exterior pilasters. And the two important parts decorated with these pilasters, west and east sides of the present mosque, must be attributed to the third century B.C.
Ernst Herzfeld. Damascus, Studies in Architecture IV. Ars Islamica XIII-XIV 1948 (p. 118-138).
Photo credit: Wulzinger & Watzinger. Damaskus, die antike Stadt 1921 (p. 7).
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