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The Nabataeans were distinguished from the other Arab tribes by wealth. [7] The Nabataeans generated revenues from the trade caravans that transported frankincense, myrrh and other spices from Eudaemon in today's Yemen, across the Arabian Peninsula, passing through Petra and ending up in the Port of Gaza for shipment to European markets. [8]
The Roman province of Arabia Petraea, created from the Nabataean kingdom Silver drachm of Malichos II with Shaqilat II Silver drachm of Obodas II with Hagaru. Petra was rapidly built in the 1st century BC and developed a population estimated at 20,000. [9] The Nabataeans were allies of the first Hasmoneans in their struggles against the ...
The inscription has been translated as follows: [6] This is the tomb and two funeral monuments above it, which Abdobodat the governor made for Itaybel the governor, his father, and for Itaybel the camp commandant who is in Luhitu and Abarta, son of this Abdobodat the governor; in the territory of their rule, which they exercised twice for thirty-six years during the time of Aretas, king of the ...
The majority of Nabataean gods were foreign and were adopted from other cultures. Many Nabataean deities became associated with Greco-Roman gods and goddesses, particularly during the period when Nabataea was under Roman influence. For instance, the Egyptian goddess Isis appeared not only in Nabataean religion but also in Greek and Roman ...
The Nabataeans paid great attention to their tombs, this was reflected in their architecture, in which a lot of architectural and artistic methods of respecting the dead were developed, which suggests the Nabataeans' interest in the afterlife. Of the most famous Nabatean monuments are the carved royal tombs.
Aretas III commissioned the first silver Nabataean coins. He ordered that his name appear in Greek, rather than Nabataean Aramaic. Aretas III bronze coin. Aretas III (/ ˈ æ r ɪ t ə s /; [1] Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢊𐢛𐢞𐢞 Ḥārītaṯ; Ancient Greek: Αρέτας Arétās) was king of the Nabataean kingdom from 87 to 62 BCE.
Nabataean Aramaic is the extinct Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the East Bank of the Jordan River, the Negev, and the Sinai Peninsula.Compared with other varieties of Aramaic, it is notable for the occurrence of a number of loanwords and grammatical borrowings from Arabic or other North Arabian languages.
His sister Gamilath became queen of the Nabataeans. Rabbel gave himself the Greek title "Soter", [3] meaning "Savior". [6] He reigned with his first wife Queen Gamilath and his second wife Queen Hagaru. [7] Gamilat was a queen in 76–102 AD and Hagru was a queen in 102–106. [8]