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Surroundings:

Petra, Tomb of a Roman officerPetra, Lion fountainPetra, Wadi Farasa, Renaissance tomb, facade with three urns on gablePetra, Wadi Farasa, Renaissance tomb, facade with three urns on gablePetra, High place sacrifice obeliskPetra, High place sacrifice obeliskPetra, High place sacrifice obeliskPetra, Wadi Farasa, Tombs on the pilgrimage route to the High Place of SacrificePetra, High place sacrifice road/stairsPetra, High place sacrifice road/stairsPetra, High place sacrifice road/stairsPetra, High place sacrificePetra, High place sacrificePetra, High place sacrificePetra, High place sacrificePetra, High place sacrificePetra, Colored triclinium, EntrancePetra, Colored tricliniumPetra, Colored triclinium, Wall with pilasters and nichesPetra, Colored tricliniumPetra, Colored triclinium, Wall with pilasters and nichesPetra, Colored tricliniumPetra, Colored triclinium, Entrance from insidePetra, Colored triclinium, Square in facade of the soldiers tombPetra, Siq, Treasury, Columned niche with winged figurePetra, Outer siq, Street of facadesPetra, Outer siq, View from above on street of facadesPetra, Outer siq, Street of facadesPetra, Outer siq, View from above on street of facadesPetra, Outer siq, Street of facades

Location:

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.320396,35.445648
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 100~ / unknown

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=31560

Annotations

Thhis building was originally discribed as Garden Tomb then as Garden Tomb and recently is a Garden Triclinium. Anyway its function is as yet uncertain. There were no burials. It may have been used to supply the water for its rituals, or to supply water to Wadi Farasa

Sources:

  1. Leigh-Ann Bedal,"The Petra pool -complex: A Hellenistic paradeisos in the Nabataean capital (results from the Petra “Lower Market” survey and excavation, 1998)" (2000). Dissertations available from ProQuest. AAI9989568.
    https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI9989568
  2. https://visitpetra.jo/DetailsPage/VisitPetra/LocationsInPetraDetailsEn.aspx?PID=23.
  3. https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/jordan/petra/wadi-farasa/garden-triclinium

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, Soldier`s Tomb

Petra, Soldier`s Tomb / Statues Tomb /Coloured Hall.

Petra, Lion Relief

Petra, Lion Relief.

Petra, Obodas Chapel

Nabatean sanctuary.


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