Keys from Egypt and the East: Observations on Nabataean Culture in the Light of Recent Discoveries

How our understanding of Nabataean culture has changed as a result of the excavations during the decade since 1990 is considered, using some specific examples from Nabataean architecture and sculpture. The combinations of eastern, Classical, and local features that make these distinctively Nabataean...

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Published in:Bulletin of ASOR
Main Author: McKenzie, Judith S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2001
In: Bulletin of ASOR
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Summary:How our understanding of Nabataean culture has changed as a result of the excavations during the decade since 1990 is considered, using some specific examples from Nabataean architecture and sculpture. The combinations of eastern, Classical, and local features that make these distinctively Nabataean are explored. The origin of the type of Ionic capitals used as the basis for the elephant-head capitals from the "Great/South Temple" is pinpointed. The carved theater masks and their implications for the performance of Greek theater in Petra are discussed. The interpretation of some Nabataean sculptures is considered in the light of evidence from Egypt and the East, leading to the suggestion that the head of Humbaba is perhaps carved on Tomb 649, and that the famous Fish and Grain Goddesses of Khirbet et-Tannur are personifications of symbols of the zodiac.
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1357634