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| DOI | 10.1177/0034637315578816 |
| The origin and purpose of Khirbat al-Mudaybi' | |
| Pace, James H. | |
| 通讯作者 | Pace, JH |
| 来源期刊 | REVIEW & EXPOSITOR
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| ISSN | 0034-6373 |
| EISSN | 2052-9449 |
| 出版年 | 2015 |
| 卷号 | 112期号:2页码:280-287 |
| 英文摘要 | Khirbat al-Mudaybi' is the site of an ancient fort on the eastern desert fringe of the Karak plateau in Jordan - an area known as Moab in biblical times. Little was known about the site until the Karak Resources Project between 1997 and 2014 excavated it. The most intriguing find at the site was a massive four-chambered gate decorated with ornate volute column capitals. Ceramic, architectural, and radiocarbon analysis indicate that the fort dates to the late Iron Age, very likely to the seventh century BCE. Who built it, why it was built and why such ornamental architecture was employed, and why it was abandoned remain questions to be answered. This article speculates that the fort was built by a Moabite ruler who, as a client-ruler of the powerful Neo-Assyrian Empire, was required to pay tribute to his overlords. This tribute came from levies on caravan traffic that passed by the site on the desert highway that connected Arabia with Damascus in the north. The impressive architecture was a symbol of royal authority. The fort was abandoned during the Neo-Babylonian period when the caravan route shifted and no longer passed the site. |
| 英文关键词 | Iron II period Karak Karak Resources Project Khirbat al-Mudaybi' Moab Proto-aeolic capital |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 收录类别 | ESCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000440161200010 |
| WOS类目 | Religion |
| WOS研究方向 | Religion |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/331436 |
| 作者单位 | [Pace, James H.] Elon Univ, Religious Studies, Elon, NC 27244 USA |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pace, James H.. The origin and purpose of Khirbat al-Mudaybi'[J],2015,112(2):280-287. |
| APA | Pace, James H..(2015).The origin and purpose of Khirbat al-Mudaybi'.REVIEW & EXPOSITOR,112(2),280-287. |
| MLA | Pace, James H.."The origin and purpose of Khirbat al-Mudaybi'".REVIEW & EXPOSITOR 112.2(2015):280-287. |
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