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Sabinos Alexandros Station Votive Niches

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Sabinos Alexandros Station Votive Niches

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    April 9, 2023

    This place was created in honor of a religious master of ceremonies.

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      May 17, 2023

      In the last third of the Siq, some 400m from the Khazneh (treasury), in the southern cliff face there is a long series of votive niches, some with inscriptions in Greek. They were created in the 2./3. Century AD, i.e. after the end of the Nabataean Kingdom (106 AD). The latest can be dated to 256 AD. The donors named in the dedications came from Adraa (today's Darʿā in south-western Syria) and were panegyriarchs (cult officials at festivals) of the Actia Dusaria. These are festivals with sporting and musical competitions based on the Greek model, which took place every four years in honor of the god Dushara/Dusares in Bostra and Petra. Apparently, Adraa sent delegations to the Actia Dusaria in Petra.

      This place of worship in the Siq is named after Sabinos Alexandros, one of the donors mentioned by name

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