La tierra de Edom y Moab: una colección de arte nabateo

Abstract

The Nabataeans are an ancient people whose activities are developed especially to the south and east of Palestine. The capital most of the time was Petra, which is located 80 km southeast of the Dead Sea. Its heyday comprised of fourth century b. C. when I a. C.The presence of Nabataean works in the collections of Ancient Near East is limited. The collection of works that we expose here is divided into coins, vessels, lamps, gods and jewelry. All the works come from the city of Petra, which allows us to approach this period.