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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Jarash
  • geo:32.299122,35.892349
  • Exact location

Class:

  • Workshop or industry
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=44038

Annotations

Birkatain was a Hellenistic stone quarry.  Later reused as the location of a Roman amphitheatre.

See:

  1. Nizar Abu-Jaber, Catreena Hamarneh, Documentation and Protection of the Quarries of Gerasa in: Levant 2013 Vol.45/1

Relevant museums

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.


Nearby

Birketein Theatre - Gerasa

Birketein Theatre - Gerasa. Birkatain/Birkatayn.

Roman Theater

Roman Theater

Birketein, Roman Baths

Birketein, Roman Baths


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