TY - JOUR
T1 - The temple of the winged lions, petra reassessing a nabataean ritual complex
AU - Piraud-Fournet, Pauline
AU - Green, John D.M.
AU - Doyle, Noreen
AU - Creasman, Pearce Paul
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PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - 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 (ban-ner 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.
AB - 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 (ban-ner 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.
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U2 - 10.1086/716829
DO - 10.1086/716829
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120585476
SN - 1094-2076
VL - 84
SP - 293
EP - 305
JO - Near Eastern Archaeology
JF - Near Eastern Archaeology
IS - 4
ER -