Pantheons
Nabataean
Pantheons
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The pantheon of the Nabataean kingdom, the Arab caravan power centred on Petra that controlled the incense and spice routes of the northern Arabian Peninsula from roughly the fourth century BCE to 106 CE, when Rome annexed it. Its head is Dushara, whose cult travelled to every Nabataean settlement, alongside goddesses including Al-Uzza and Allat who carried older Arabian roots into the Nabataean world. The pantheon is known chiefly through betyl stones, temple remains and votive inscriptions rather than any surviving native mythology.
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Era of AttestationAttested from Nabataean inscriptions from the fourth century BCE, most fully at the caravan city of Petra, through the Roman annexation of 106 CE and beyond until Nabataean religious identity was absorbed into the Roman and later Christian world. 1 Correspondences & Relations
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This source names Arabs directly: "The pantheon of the Nabataean kingdom, the Arab caravan power centred on Petra that controlled the incense and spice routes of the northern Arabian Peninsula from roughly the fourth century BCE to..."
This source names Nabataeans directly: "The pantheon of the Nabataean kingdom, the Arab caravan power centred on Petra that controlled the incense and spice routes of the northern Arabian Peninsula from roughly the fourth century BCE to..."
This source names Petra directly: "the Arab caravan power centred on Petra that controlled the incense and spice routes of the northern Arabian Peninsula from roughly the fourth century BCE to 106 CE, when Rome annexed it."
This source names The Pantheon directly: "The pantheon of the Nabataean kingdom, the Arab caravan power centred on Petra that controlled the incense and spice routes of the northern Arabian Peninsula from roughly the fourth century BCE to..."
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