Back خربة التنور Arabic Jirbet et-Tannur Spanish Khirbet et-Tannur French Khirbet et-Tannur Italian Khirbet et-Tannur Romanian
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خربة التنور | |
 Khirbet et-Tannur temple ruins | |
  Shown within Jordan | |
| Coordinates | 30°58′07″N 35°42′23″E / 30.96861°N 35.70639°E |
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| History | |
| Material | mainly limestone; also flint[1] |
| Cultures | Nabataean, with archaising Edomite elements[2] |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Nelson Glueck (1937) |
| Condition | in ruins |
| Public access | yes; reliefs in Jordan Archaeological Museum in Amman and the Cincinnati Art Museum[3] |
Khirbet et-Tannur (Arabic: خربة التنور) is an ancient Nabataean temple situated on top of Mount Tannur, in today's Jordan. Whom the temple was dedicated to is not yet certain; based on the iconography of the deities depicted, it was either the fertility goddess Atargatis and Zeus-Hadad, or perhaps other Nabataean gods with similar attributes.[3] The only inscription which mentioned a deity was in reference to the Edomite god Qos, who was the equivalent of the Arab god Quzah, the god of the sky.[4]
- ^ Khirbet et-Tannur Construction Techniques. Accessed 5 April 2024.
- ^ Juan Manuel Tebes: "Beyond Petra: Nabataean Cultic and Mortuary Practices and the Cultural Heritage of the Negev and Edom" in Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology 14(4), January 2020, pp. 333-347. Accessed 5 April 2024 via ResearchGate.net.
- ^ a b Mckenzie, Judith S.; Gibson, Sheila; Reyes, A. T. (2002). "Reconstruction of the Nabataean Temple Complex at Khirbet et-Tannur", PEQ, 134:1, pp. 44-83, doi:10.1179/peq.2002.134.1.44. (4/2024: no online access, except 1st page here.)
- ^ Jean Starcky (1966) p. 987-998.