The Late Antique Church at Tall al-ʿUmayrī East: New Evidence for the Jafnid Family and the Cult of St. Sergius in Northern Jordan

The discovery of a new church inscription referring to the Jafnid (or "Ghassānid") leader alMundhir in northern Jordan provides new insights into the activities of the family in the region arid is a valuable addition to the epigraphic corpus concerning the Jafnids. The initial publication...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bulletin of ASOR
VerfasserInnen: Bevan, George A. 1974- (VerfasserIn) ; Fisher, Greg 1976- (VerfasserIn) ; Genequand, Denis 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: The University of Chicago Press 2015
In: Bulletin of ASOR
RelBib Classification:HH Archäologie
KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum
KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika
weitere Schlagwörter:B Inscriptions
B Inscription
B ISLAMIC mosaics
B Arabs
B Roman Empire
B Jordan
B Jafnids
B Mosaic
B Religions
B Cults
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Zusammenfassung:The discovery of a new church inscription referring to the Jafnid (or "Ghassānid") leader alMundhir in northern Jordan provides new insights into the activities of the family in the region arid is a valuable addition to the epigraphic corpus concerning the Jafnids. The initial publication of the inscription in ADAJ, as part of the excavation report, was necessarily limited in its analytical scope. Here we take the opportunity to build on those initial findings to place the inscription in its epigraphic context, in the context of the activities of the Jafnid family, including their public connection to expressions of Christian piety in Provincia Arabia and elsewhere. Finally, we offer a hypothesis about what the title accorded to al-Mundhir on the inscription might reveal about the process of "imperial confirmation" for Arab allies in general and for the Jafnids in particular.
ISSN:2161-8062
Enthält:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.373.0049