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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480865903321

Autore

Davies Gwyn

Titolo

The 2003-2007 Excavations in the Late Roman Fort at Yotvata / Gwyn Davies and Jodi Magness. With contributions by Nathan T. Elkins .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-57506-362-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MagnessJodi

ElkinsNathan T

Disciplina

933/.49

Soggetti

Kastell

Römerzeit

Funde

Archäologische Stätte

Romans

Fortification, Roman

Excavations (Archaeology)

Classical antiquities

Romans - Israel - Yoṭvatah

Fortification, Roman - Israel - Yoṭvatah

Excavations (Archaeology) - Israel - Yoṭvatah

Bildband

Electronic books.

Israel Yoṭvatah

Yoṭvatah (Israel) Antiquities, Roman

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; The 2003-2007 Excavations:  Architecture and Stratigraphy; The Pottery; The Glass; The Coins; The Militaria and Small Finds; The Faunal Remains; The Archaeobotanical Remains; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; Blank Page

Sommario/riassunto

The Late Roman fort at Yotvata is located in the southern Arava some



40 km north of Eilat/Aqaba (ancient Aila). The modern Hebrew name of the site is based on its suggested identification with biblical Jotbathah (Deut 10:7), where the Israelites encamped during their desert wanderings. The modern Arabic name of the site, Ein Ghadian, may preserve the ancient Roman name Ad Dianam. Because the Late Roman fort at Yotvata is visible as a low mound next to the Arava road, it has long been known to scholars. Each June between 2003 and 2007, Gwyn Davies (Florida International University) and Jodi Magness (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) co-directed excavations here. This volume provides the results of those excavations, adding substantially to our knowledge of Roman defenses in the third and fourth centuries of the Common Era, along the trade route that traversed the southern Arava and on the eastern frontier of the Empire.