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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 601: mrzḥ ‘bdt

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Petra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) מרזח עבדת (RES 1423, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) mrzḥ ‘bdt

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC - i AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:‘bdt: Obodas (probably the deified king)
iii. Descriptive terms מרזחא, mrzḥ’
Note mrzḥ’: RES 1423, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) RES 1423 (I BC - I AD)
Online Resources AGRW ID 9531
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Aramaic memorial inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Inscribed in a hollow above a niche
ii. Source(s) provenance Petra (plateau behind the Deir)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members חברו, ḥbrw (l. 2)

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship On the basis of the dedication, worship by the group can be supposed. Obodas is probably the deified king Obodas I. (but contrast Alpass 2011: 192-6).
Deities worshipped Obodas

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Alpass, P.J. (2011), The Religious Life of Nabataea. Diss. Durham (89, 134 no. 19.).
McLaughlin, J.L. (2001), The marzēaḥ in the Prophetic Literature. References and Allusions in Light of the Extra-Biblical Evidence. Leiden/Boston (45).
Millares Maciá, M. (2007) Marzeah y thíasos: una institución convival en el Oriente Próximo Antiguo y el Mediterráneo, Madrid, 168-169.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The terminology used suggests a private association