Dharih

Aerial view of Khirbet ed-Dharih

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Names

Transliterated Name	Source	Name
Dharih	Arabic
Khirbet ed-Dharih	Arabic	خربة الذريح

Introduction

Khirbet ed-Dharih experienced a very long period of occupation, from the Edomite period (Iron Age, about 1000 BC) until the end of the Middle Ages (beginning of the Ottoman period, 16th century), but it was especially during the Nabataean period and the Roman period that it underwent its most important phase of development. (Durand, 2015:14)

Maps and Plans

General plan of the site of Dharih from Durand (2015)

Figure 1

General plan of the site of Dharih

J. Humbert, 2004

Durand (2015)
Map of neighborhood A from Durand (2015)

Figure 2

Dharih, map of neighborhood A

JW: Bains = Baths

J. Humbert, 2004

Durand (2015)
Plan of the A2 baths from Durand (2015)

Figure 3

Dharih, plan of the A2 baths

JW: Bains = Baths

J. Humbert, 2004, C. Durand, 2014, and supplements Th. Fournet, 2015

Durand (2015)

Chronology

363 CE Earthquake

Durand (2015:14) attributes abandonment of A2 baths in Dharih to the southern Cyril Quake of 363 CE. Durand (2015:14) states that during the Byzantine era, around the 6th century, the bathing building was almost completely dismantled to recover building materials. Evidence in support of these dates was not presented in Durand (2015).

Notes and Further Reading

References

Durand, C. (2015). "Les bains nabatéo-romains de Dharih (Jordanie)." Syria 92: 13-21.