Banqueting in a Northern Arabian Oasis: A Nabataean Triclinium at Dûmat al-Jandal, Saudi Arabia

A large U-shaped building made of stones discovered in 2011 at the top of a promontory in Dümat al-Jandal (modern Dumat, Saudi Arabia) is interpreted as a vast freestanding open-air Nabataean triclinium. Radiocarbon dating and pottery readings set the main occupation of this triclinium during a rela...

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Published in:Bulletin of ASOR
Authors: Charloux, Guillaume 1976- (Author) ; Durand, Caroline (Author) ; Thomas, Ariane 1983- (Author) ; Bouchaud, Charlène (Author) ; Monchot, Hervé (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2016
In: Bulletin of ASOR
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B ritual meal
B fauna
B radiocarbon datings
B Saudi Arabia
B DINNERS & dining
B Nabataean period
B Radiocarbon dating
B Arabia
B Flora
B Triclinium
B Nabataeans
B Pottery
B Dumat
B INTERDISCIPLINARY research
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