Byzantine period, Jordan Museum
Exhibits from the middle of the 4th century until the Muslim conquest in 636. Part of the visual informative tour through The Jordan Museum in Amman.
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Byzantine period (6th century)
Petra, Blue Chapel
This pulpit was found broken into pieces at its original location in the "Blue Chapel”, on the northern ridge of the Petra city centre. Petra was a Bishopric See during the Byzantine period.
The pulpit was hexagonal in form, supported by six columnettes on a limestone base and accessed by steps. Its marble is not local to Jordan; it was most probably imported in worked panels from Turkey and then assembled on location at the chapel.
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© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Exhibits from the middle of the 4th century until the Muslim conquest in 636. Part of the visual informative tour through The Jordan Museum in Amman.