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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 608: U-NEA-019

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-NEA-019

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms מרזחא, mrzḥ’
Note mrzḥ’: IEJ 11 (1961): 133 no. 7b l. 2 (according to Naveh’s reading).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IEJ 11 (1961): 133 no. 7b (I-II AD)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Aramaic dedicatory inscription (for the object dedicated, see CAPInv. 603).
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone trough
ii. Source(s) provenance Oboda, "in the debris of the Byzantine citadel" (Negev)

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership רב מרזחא, rb mrzḥ’ (l. 2 according to Naveh's reading)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is unclear how this association, only attested through the (likely) mention of its leader, relates to the other examples of mrzḥ’-associations from Oboda.
iii. Bibliography Naveh, J. (1967), 'Some Notes on Nabatean Inscriptions from ‘Avdat', IEJ 17: 187-9.
Negev, A. (1961), 'Nabatean Inscriptions from ‘Avdat (Oboda) I', IEJ 11: 127-38.

XIII. EVALUATION

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