Khirbet et-Tannur
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. 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.
خربة التنور | |
Khirbet et-Tannur temple ruins | |
Shown within Jordan | |
| Coordinates | 30°58′07″N 35°42′23″E |
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| History | |
| Material | mainly limestone; also flint |
| Cultures | Nabataean, with archaising Edomite elements |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Nelson Glueck (1937) |
| Condition | in ruins |
| Public access | yes; reliefs in Jordan Archaeological Museum in Amman and the Cincinnati Art Museum |
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