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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 602: U-NEA-002

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-NEA-002

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 - 50 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms מרזחא, mrzḥ’

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) CIS II 476
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Aramaic memorial inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Graffito carved into cliffs
ii. Source(s) provenance Wadi el-Amti near Beidha

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership רב מרזחא, rb mrzḥ’

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The inscription is written for the memory of a "chief of the mrzḥ’". Nothing else is known about this association. The title rb mrzḥ’ is known especially from Palmyra.
iii. Bibliography Alpass, P.J. (2011), The Religious Life of Nabataea. Diss. Durham (135-6 no. 22).
Zayadine, F. (1976) 'A Nabataean Inscription from Beida', ADAJ 21: 139-42.

XIII. EVALUATION

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