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...
| Publié dans: | Bulletin of ASOR |
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| Auteurs: | ; ; |
| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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The University of Chicago Press
2015
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Bulletin of ASOR
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| RelBib Classification: | HH Archéologie KAB Christianisme primitif KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | 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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| Résumé: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.373.0049 |