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Braq

a Pleiades place resource

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Khirbet Braq is the modern name of a ruined Nabatean sanctuary at Ayn Braq in Jordan, a spring that, in antiquity, was channeled through an aqueduct to supply ancient Petra. The heavily looted site is located just south of modern Wadi Musa, on the west side of the modern road to Taybeh.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/487519333

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.308293, 35.46343

Locations:

Central Point:
- Imagery Location of Khirbet Braq (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Braq makes connections with:

Braq flows into Ayn Braq Aqueduct (unspecified date range)

Braq receives connections from:

None

Place type:
spring, ruin, sanctuary (religious center), archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Braq: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/487519333> [accessed: 24 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/487519333 |title=Places: 487519333 (Braq) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=April 24, 2024 7:57 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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