Nabataean

Corpus of Nabataean Inscriptions


DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositPetra, Museum

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialMarble
Measuresh. 10.2, w. 33.5, th. 3.25
Decoration
Figurative subjectGeometric motif » Vertical lines
Notes on support and decorationsThe inscription is carved into an oblong slab of local white marble. It bears four lines of a much longer inscription. One face of the slab had been polished, as with ordinary crustae. A vertical line was scribed along its right side, with the inscription to the left.
The reverse was only roughly dressed and pinning holes had been drilled at the top and bottom edges for affixing the slab to the temple wall.
The slab was fractured along its left side as a result of which the remainder of each line was lost.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern sitePetra
Ancient siteRqmw
CountryJordan
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of the Winged Lions
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