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