Petra, Urn Tomb - Vici.org

Petra, Royal tombs, Urn Tomb
Date: CE_0050c-CE_0250c
Category: Arabia, Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Petra
Collection: Livius

Les environs:

Petra, Royal tombs, Palace and Corinthian

Localisation:

Jordanie, Wādī Mūsá
geo:30.327593,35.449348
Précision ± 0-5 m.

Classification:

Tombeau ou tombes
Visible

Identificateurs:

vici:place=31437

Annotations

Il n'y a pas une annotation en français. Présenté est une annotation en Anglais.

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:

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

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:

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