Inscriptions in ancient Petra in Jordan

Inscriptions on the obelisk tomb and Bab as-Siq triclinium in Petra Jordan

Ancient rock engravings provide archaeologists with crucial information, including in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra. Inscriptions on a grave slab could do that Uneishu tomb and prove that Anesho, who was a minister in the second half of the 1st century AD, was buried there. A Latin inscription of the so-called Sextius Florentine grave proves that this tomb was built for him. Based on historical data, researchers could subsequently date the grave to the year 129 AD. An inscription opposite the Obelisk tombs can still be visited today. It presumably names the builder and is written in Nabataean and Greek. The longest Nabataean inscription of Petra can be seen by visitors at the front of the Turkumaniyya Tomb marvel at. Among other things, it states that the god Dushara and all gods watch over the ordinations.

Nabataean Inscriptions on Turkumaniyya Tomb Petra Jordan UNESCO World Heritage Site

If you want to visit these sights in Petra, visit the Obelisk tombwhich Turkmen tomb and Petra Museum.

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