The Temple of the Winged Lions, Petra: Reassessing a Nabataean Ritual Complex
The Temple of the Winged Lions (TWL) in Petra is a Nabataean- and Roman-era ritual complex thought to have been founded in the early first century CE (banner photograph and fig. 1). It fell out of use following a major earthquake in 363 CE. This is a contextually rich site for the study of ancient r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2021, Volume: 84, Issue: 4, Pages: 293-305 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nabataeans
/ Petra
/ Ritual
/ Aphrodite, Goddess
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HA Bible |
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| Summary: | The Temple of the Winged Lions (TWL) in Petra is a Nabataean- and Roman-era ritual complex thought to have been founded in the early first century CE (banner photograph and fig. 1). It fell out of use following a major earthquake in 363 CE. This is a contextually rich site for the study of ancient ritual, economy, and society in the Nabataean and Greco-Roman world and part of a larger complex including workshops and domestic spaces. The deity (or deities) once worshiped there remains unknown. The most common suggestion is that the temple was dedicated to Al-‘Uzza, the Arabian divinity whose Greek equivalent was Aphrodite., Aerial image of the Temple of the Winged Lions, 2009. Photograph by Christopher Tuttle; labels by Pauline Piraud-Fournet., |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/716829 |
