Strata: New Dig Reports: A Nabatean Temple North of Petra

Petra, Jordan, is the best-known Nabatean site. Made famous through poems, novels and even films—such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade—Petra was the commercial capital of the Nabatean empire. About 37 miles north of Petra, lay another significant Nabatean site: Khirbet et-Tannur. Located at the River Zered, a gorge that separates Moab from Edom, Khirbet et-Tannur features a Nabatean temple from the second century B.C.E to the fourth century C.E.

Khirbet Et-Tannur

The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et-Tannur: Final Report on Nelson Glueck’s 1937 Excavation, vol. 1, Architecture and Religion, and vol. 2, Cultic Offerings, Vessels, and other Specialist Reports, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 67–68