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Petra

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S.T. Parker

Contributors: R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Francis Deblauwe, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, Eric Kansa

Last modified Jul 06, 2016 01:13 PM — History

tags: dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement, UWHS, extant remains, dare:ancient=1

Capital city of the Nabataeans located on the slope of Mount Hor.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697725

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.328611, 35.441944

Locations:

Imagery location of visible remains of Petra (330 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Alǧī (AD 300 - AD 640)
Baṭrā (Attested dates needed)
Colonia Ant. P. (30 BC - AD 300)
Colonia Antoniniana P. (30 BC - AD 226)
Gaia (AD 300 - AD 640)
Petra (330 BC - AD 640)
Petra (2600000 BC - AD 2000)
Petra (540 BC - AD 650)
Petra (modern)
Reqem (330 BC - AD 300)
Vallis Moysi (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
Wādī Mūsā (330 BC - AD 2000)
al-Wuʿaira (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
al-Ǧāya (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
al-Ǧī (AD 300 - AD 2000)
as-Salʿa (540 BC - 30 BC)

Makes a connection with:

Arabia Petraia (Attested dates needed)

Has a connection with:

Great Temple of Petra (Attested dates needed)
Temple of the Winged Lions (Attested dates needed)
Al-Khazneh (Attested dates needed)
location of Street of Facades (Attested dates needed)
location of Roman theater (Attested dates needed)

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

TP 8C5 (Talbert 468)

See Further:

See Also:

Related:

GeoNames 250745

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 71 A5 Petra

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Wadi Musa

Petra was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1985.

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Suggested citation:
S.T. Parker, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Francis Deblauwe, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, and Eric Kansa, 'Petra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697725> [accessed: 27 September 2016]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697725 |title=Places: 697725 (Petra) |author=Parker, S. |accessdate=September 27, 2016 1:15 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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