Nabataean Coins

Nabataean Coins
Author: Yaʻaḳov Meshorer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1975
Genre: Coins, Nabataean
ISBN:

The Formation of Nabatean Art

The Formation of Nabatean Art
Author: Patrich
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2023-09-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004670823

Unlike the common practice both in the Greco-Roman West and in the Parthian East, to accord the gods a human form, the Nabateans represented their gods in the form of stelae. A systematic survey of Nabatean art indicates that the negation of figurative representation is also evident in all other domains of their creativity, such as rock-carved facades of tombs, painted pottery, oil lamps, coins and jewellery. The archaeological artifacts, inscriptions and literary sources described and discussed in this book reveal a fascinating cultural and religious phenomenon unique within the surrounding milieu and surprising in its persistence and durability.

The Coinage of Herod Antipas

The Coinage of Herod Antipas
Author: Jean-Philippe Fontanille
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004362983

The Coinage of Herod Antipas provides a comprehensive, multifaceted and up-to-date re-examination of the coins of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea between 4/3 BCE and 39/40 CE. Kogon and Fontanille classify about 800 coins by obverse and reverse dies. From this die classification they generate, for the first time ever for this tetrarch, about 300 composite die images. In addition, the authors examine both technical aspects of the coins (e.g. metrology, mint output) and non-technical aspects (e.g. inscriptions, iconography). They also review the geographic distribution of provenanced coins. Through this analysis of the coins of Herod Antipas, Kogon and Fontanille provide a greater understanding of the Sitz im Leben of first century Galilee.

Catalogue of the Greek coins in The British Museum

Catalogue of the Greek coins in The British Museum
Author: Department of Coins and Medals
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 5872102070

Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S. Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene. By George Francis Hill With a map and fifty-five plates.

The Religious Life of Nabataea

The Religious Life of Nabataea
Author: Peter Alpass
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2013-06-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004216235

Flourishing in the centuries around the birth of Christ, the Nabataean kingdom covered a large swathe of the north-western Arabian Peninsula and was shaped by cultural influences from the Mediterranean, Arabian and wider Semitic worlds. The Religious Life of Nabataea examines the inscriptions, sculptures and architectural remains left by worshippers in every corner of the kingdom, from the spectacular remains of the desert city of Petra to the fertile plains of southern Syria. While previous scholarly approaches have minimised the diversity of cultic practices and traditions found in Nabataea, this study reveals a vibrant religious landscape dominated by a variety of local traditions.

The Religion of the Nabataeans

The Religion of the Nabataeans
Author: J.F. Healey
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004301488

The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek literary texts. After a critical survey of the sources, the author analyses systematically the information on the individual gods worshipped by the Nabataeans, including a detailed illustrated account of temples and iconography. A further major section discusses religious themes: aniconism, henotheism, death-cult and the divinisation of kings. In a final chapter, Nabataean religion is considered in relation to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The book will be of particular interest to historians of religion in the Graeco-Roman Near East and to Semitic epigraphists.

Images and Monuments of Near Eastern Dynasts, 100 BC - AD 100

Images and Monuments of Near Eastern Dynasts, 100 BC - AD 100
Author: Andreas J. M. Kropp
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2013-06-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199670722

An archaeological and art-historical study of the images and monuments of Roman 'client' kings in the Near East from the Taurus to Edom during the transitional period between 100 BC and AD 100. Kropp treats images and monuments as historical documents and aims at uncovering royal identities and ideological aspirations.