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Author Alpass, Peter.

Title The religious life of Nabataea / by Peter Alpass
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 175
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 175.
Contents Religion -- Society -- History -- Discovering Nabataea -- Sources -- Inscriptions -- Literature -- Sculpture -- Archaeological remains -- Approaches -- Gods -- Worshippers -- Public monuments -- Temple of the Winged Lions -- Qasr el-Bint -- 'Great Temple' -- The Deir -- Collective monuments -- Processional ways -- 'High-places' -- Rock-cut sanctuaries -- Private monuments -- Triclinia -- Tombs -- Idol Blocks -- Figurines -- Appendix: Catalogue of inscriptions -- Languages -- Tayma -- Dadan -- Hegra -- Tomb inscriptions -- The religious monuments -- Deities -- Oboda -- Other sites -- Conclusions -- Borders -- Historical overview -- Sia -- Bosra -- Salkhad -- Afterlife -- Khirbet Tannur -- Khirbet Dharih -- Dhat Ras -- Gods -- Worshippers -- The Aniconic tradition -- Ritual feasting -- Dushara -- Final remarks
Summary The Religious Life of Nabataea offers a fresh perspective on the cultic landscape of the desert kingdom that dominated the north-western Arabian Peninsula in the centuries around the birth of Christ
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nabataeans -- Religion
Nabataeans -- Monuments
RELIGION -- History.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Religious.
Nabataeans -- Religion.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004216235
9004216235
1299690890
9781299690899