Nessana
ניצנה | |
Location | Southern District, Israel |
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Region | Negev |
Coordinates | 30°52′34.03″N 34°25′58.20″E / 30.8761194°N 34.4328333°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Founded | 1st century BCE |
Abandoned | 7th century CE |
Cultures | Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine |
Nessana,
Nessana was among the earlier Nabataean towns of the Negev, established as caravan stations in the late the 4th or the early 3rd century BCE,
Nessana papyri
During excavations in 1935–37,
Byzantine tombstone inscription
In January 2021, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery of a tombstone dating back 1,400 years with a Greek inscription by an employee of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority at Nitzana National Park in the Negev desert. On the Christian woman's stone named Maria these words were written: 'Blessed Maria who lived an immaculate life'.[9][10][11]
Gallery
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German-Turkish hospital (1906-1917) built on ruins of Byzantine fort at Nizana. Note battle damage.
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Remains of a Byzantine church at Nizana.
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Ancient petroglyphs near Tel Nizana.
See also
- Gaza wine, produced in part at Nessana
- Nitzana – a modern-day village near the ruins
- Auja al-Hafir
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8264-1316-1. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Byzantine Tombstone Discovered in Negev". 11 January 2021.
- ^ Excavations recommenced in 1987 under the direction of Dan Urman of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Contents of Excavations at Nessana, I (Harris Dunscombe Colt, ed. London, 1962); II, Literary Papyri (Lional Casson and Ernest L. Hettich, eds. Princeton, 1950.
- ^ Stroumsa, Rachel. Greek and Arabic in Nessana. In: Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World, pp. 143–157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004284340_010. Full text, accessed 25 July 2021.
- ^ Irfan Shahîd, Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century, 1989:143: "III The Nessana Papyri".
- ^ Contents of Excavations at Nessana, I (Harris Dunscombe Colt, ed. London, 1962); II, Literary Papyri (Lional Gasson and Ernest L. Hettich, eds. Princeton, 1950); III, Non-Literary Papyri Caspar J. Kraemer, ed. (Princeton, 1960); very brief summaries in Jodi Magness, The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine, vol. I: "Agriculture in the Nessana papyri" 2003:90f and Shahid 1989:143.
- ISBN 9780884021520.
- ISBN 9781405120715.
- ^ staff, T. O. I. "'Blessed Maria who lived immaculate life': Ancient tombstone found at Negev park". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ Gershon, Livia. "A Tombstone Inscribed in Ancient Greek Is Found in Southern Israel". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ "Archaeologists find Byzantine tombstone inscribed 'Blessed Maria' in Israel". Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-01-22.