Petra - NEPP Site
Fig. 2The NEPP area located between the Wadi Matahah (left), the Wadi Musa (right) and the face of the al-Khubthah massif.View from the West. Photo by S.G. Schmid
Fiema and Schmid (2014)
| Transliterated Name | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| NEPP site |
- Fig. 2 - Location Map from Jones (2021)
Figure 2
Map of Petra with the locations of major excavations marked
Jones (2021)
Basemap: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA, USGS, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, and the GIS User Community - NEPP area in Google Earth
NEPP area in Google Earth
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- Fig. 3 - Plan of the NEPP area
from Fiema and Schmid (2014)
Figure 3
The plan of the NEPP area featuring Structures 1, 2, and 3. Plan by Jana Falkenberg and Maija Holappa
Fiema and Schmid (2014)
- Fig. 3 - Plan of the
NEPP area from Fiema and Schmid (2014)
Figure 3
The plan of the NEPP area featuring Structures 1, 2, and 3. Plan by Jana Falkenberg and Maija Holappa
Fiema and Schmid (2014)
- from Schmid (1995)
- Ez-Zantur Excavations utilized Nabatean fineware chronology of Schmid (2000) - which I don't currently have access to
- This chronology appears to have been utilized for the NEPP site
Left
Chronology of Nabatean finewares
Right
Typology and chronology of the Nabataean fine ware
Both from Schmid (1995)
- Fig. 2 - Location Map from Jones (2021)
Figure 2
Map of Petra with the locations of major excavations marked
Jones (2021)
Basemap: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA, USGS, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, and the GIS User Community - Fig. 3 - Plan of the NEPP area
from Fiema and Schmid (2014)
Figure 3
The plan of the NEPP area featuring Structures 1, 2, and 3. Plan by Jana Falkenberg and Maija Holappa
Fiema and Schmid (2014)
Fiema and Schmid (2014:429) suggest that Structure 2 in the NEPP area was destroyed by the southern Cyril Quake of 363 CE. Fiema and Schmid (2014:429-430) suggest that Structure 1 in the NEPP area was
destroyed by the 363 earthquake, but [was] later restored although in much altered form and appearancewith final destruction and abandonment taking place
afterwards, perhaps sometime in the early 5th century.They suggest that final destruction and abandonment may have been due to the Monaxius and Plinta Quake of 419 CE.
- Fig. 2 - Location Map from Jones (2021)
Figure 2
Map of Petra with the locations of major excavations marked
Jones (2021)
Basemap: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA, USGS, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, and the GIS User Community - Fig. 3 - Plan of the NEPP area
from Fiema and Schmid (2014)
Figure 3
The plan of the NEPP area featuring Structures 1, 2, and 3. Plan by Jana Falkenberg and Maija Holappa
Fiema and Schmid (2014)
Fiema and Schmid (2014:429-430) suggest that Structure 1 in the NEPP area was
destroyed by the 363 earthquake, but [was] later restored although in much altered form and appearancewith final destruction and abandonment taking place
afterwards, perhaps sometime in the early 5th century.They suggest that final destruction and abandonment may have been due to the Monaxius and Plinta Quake of 419 CE. Jones (2021) argues that al-Zantur I Spatromisch II ceramics, rather than dating from 363 CE - 419 CE, should date to at least a century later. If true, this would negate archaeoseismic evidence for an earthquake reported in 419 CE (i.e. the Monaxius and Plinta Quake) at ez-Zantur and other sites in Petra such as in a structure outside the Urn Tomb, and in Structure I of the NEPP Project. Jones (2021) suggests instead that the causitive earthquake was more likely the late 6th century CE Inscription At Areopolis Quake. Jones (2021) provides a discussion below:
Within Petra, the 418/419 earthquake has been suggested as the cause for the destruction of three structures:NEPP Structure I has not been excavated, and the claim that it was destroyed in the 418/419 earthquake is based on surface finds and reference to al-Zantur I (Fiema and Schmid 2014: 431). Without excavation, the actual date and nature of the building's destruction remain uncertain. The claim for damage at Petra related to the 418/419 earthquake rests primarily, therefore, on the evidence from al-Zantur I.
- al-Zantur I, specifically the end of Bauphase Spatromisch II
- one of the structures outside of the Urn Tomb, House II
- North-Eastern Petra Project (NEPP) Structure I