The Temple of the Winged Lions, Petra

Reassessing a Nabataean Ritual Complex

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4587301
AutoresPauline Piraud-Fournet, Pauline Piraud‐fournet (0000-0001-7008-1086), John D M Green, Noreen Doyle, Pearce Paul Creasman
Año2021
Volumen84
Número4
Páginas293-305
Fecha de publicación2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNear Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/716829
OpenAlexW3217414827
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas8

The Temple of the Winged Lions (TWL) in Petra is a Nabataean ritual complex, with workshops and domestic spaces, founded in the early first century CE and active until the earthquake of 363 CE. This paper begins to fill lacunae in the published record about the TWL, offering a summary of its less-reported aspects and suggesting that conclusions drawn from earlier excavations (1974–2005) must be reassessed through a full study that draws from recent work in Petra and the wider region. The TWL is a contextually rich site for the study of ancient ritual, economy, and society in the Nabataean and Greco-Roman world, providing opportunities to test ideas on social identity, cultural hybridity, and indigeneity through a combined study of architecture, objects, and spatial organization. In parallel to this research, the TWL Cultural Resource Management Initiative of ACOR (2009–present) has also undertaken major public archaeology, conservation, and site presentation activities

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Excavation · Geography · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Architecture