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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Ḩisbān
  • geo:31.800594,35.808964
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 4xx~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=57427

Annotations

See:

  1. www.madabaplains.org/hisban/restoration-interventions.htm
  2. Michele Piccirillo, The Mosaics of Jordan, in: Treasures from an Ancient Land: The Art of Jordan, ed. Piotr Bienkowski, Stroud, UK: Alan Sutton 1991
  3. http://holyjordan.org/node/44
  4. John I Lawron, The Excavation of the North Church at Hesban , Jordan : a Preliminary Report, Andrews University Seminary Studies, Spring 1980, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, pp.  65-76.

Relevant museums

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre


Nearby

HESHBON

HESHBON Tell Hesban

Tell Hesban

Tell Hisban/Heshbon. Hesban, Heshbon. Late Roman temple.

Heshbon, Church

Byzantine church


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