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Abstract

The site was established in the mid-first century CE during the Nabatean rule over the area and was destructed in the second century CE, probably due to an earthquake. After a gap, the site was partially occupied in the post-annexation (second–third centuries CE) and early Byzantine (Phase 3; fourth–mid-fifth centuries CE) periods. Based on architectural considerations, the presence of large rectangular stone basins and numerous Nabataean coroplastic objects, it is suggested that the building served as a roadside temple along the road established by the Nabateans on the eastern side of the ‘Arava Valley.

Keywords

Early Roman period, Severan period, Arava Valley, trade route, Incense Road, Petra–Gaza road, milestone, stone basin, Gaza wine jars

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