The Jar Bearer, Jordan Museum. Art Destination Jordan

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The Jar Bearer

Ceramic. H 14,5 cm; W 6,7 cm; D 6 cm
Early Bronze Age (3600-3100 BC), Bab adh-Dhra

Anthropomorphic vessel. Nude female pottery figurine, with upraised arms holding a jar that replaces her head. It might symbolise the fertility cult of the people of the site.

Bronze and Iron Ages, Jordan Museum

Exhibits from the periods between 3600 and 332 BC, with additional information. Part of the visual informative tour through The Jordan Museum in Amman.

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Umm al-Jimal

Late Antique town built over Nabataean and Roman structures with impressive basalt buildings.

Nabataean Route

On the footsteps of the Nabataeans in Jordan, from the Red Sea via their legendary capital Petra to the north.

Humayma

Remains of Nabataean water supply, Roman fort and bathhouse, Byzantine churches, Abbasid manor house.

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