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Surroundings:

Wadi Musa, Nabataean royal inscriptionVaux MoisePetra, Bab es-Siq, Cubic tombPetra, Bab es-Siq, Cubic tombPetra, Wadi al-Mudhlim, Natural tectonic gorge formed by flash floodsPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Obelisk, Tomb NefreshPetra, Siq, WallPetra, Siq, EntrancePetra, Siq, EntrancePetra, Siq, EntrancePetra, Bab es-Siq, Greek and Nabataean inscriptionPetra, Siq, EntrancePetra, Bab es-Siq, Greek and Nabataean inscriptionPetra, Siq, EntrancePetra, Bab es-Siq, Greek and Nabataean inscriptionPetra, Siq, EntrancePetra, Bab es-Siq, Greek and Nabataean inscriptionPetra, Bab es-Siq, Greek and Nabataean inscriptionPetra, Bab es-Siq, Greek and Nabataean inscriptionPetra, Siq, Relief of Sabinos Alexandros Station with Greek inscriptionPetra, Siq, Reliefs of Sabinos Alexandros Station

Location:

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.331354,35.480759
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=45705

Annotations

Edomite town of Tawilan identified sometimes with an ancient biblical town of Arabia Petraea was settled on the eastern outskirts of Petra in VII/VI century BC.

See:

  1. Piotr Bienkowski, Umm el-Biyara, Tawilan and Buseirah in Retrospect, Levant vol.  22, 1990, pp. 91-109
  2. idem:“The Chronology of Tawilan and the ‘Dark Age’ of Edom.” Aram 2.1-2 (1990): pp. 35-44.
  3. Crystal-M. Bennett,  Piotr Bienkowski: Excavations at Tawilan in Southern Jordan, British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History by Oxford University Press, 1995
  4. Philip J. King, Jeremiah: An Archaeological Companion, Westminster John Knox Press 1993, p. 48

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

Wadi Musa (1 km)

Nabataean settlement

Vaux Moise Crusader Castle (1 km)

Vaux Moise Crusader Castle

Petra. Djin Blocks (1 km)

Jin Blocks


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