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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.327593,35.449348
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=31437

Annotations

The Urn Tomb was built ca 70 AD and was later used as a Byzantine church  according to  an inscription that recordiathe consecration of the tomb as a church and cathedral by Bishop Jason in 447 AD.

Sources:

  1. Thomas Paradise, Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on Sandstone Weathering: Lessons learned from Petra, Jordan, Etudes anciennes 52, Des déserts et des hommes : Wadi Ramm (Jordanie) : histoire économique, religieuse, sociale et environnementale : actes du colloque international à Wadi Ramm, les 11, 12 et 13 novembre 2011, Nancy : ADRA, 2013, pp. 371-395 - https://www.academia.edu/7276402

Relevant museums

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.


Nearby

Petra, Silk Tomb

The Royal Tomb of Petra

Petra, Corinthian Tomb

The Royal Tomb of Petra

Petra, Palace Tomb

The Royal Tomb of Petra


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