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...
| VerfasserInnen: | ; ; ; |
|---|---|
| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Lade...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Veröffentlicht: |
University of Chicago Press
2021
|
| In: |
Near Eastern archaeology
Jahr: 2021, Band: 84, Heft: 4, Seiten: 293-305 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Nabatäer
/ Petra
/ Ritual
/ Aphrodite, Göttin
|
| RelBib Classification: | BC Altorientalische Religionen HA Bibel |
| Online Zugang: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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., |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/716829 |