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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Papyrus Petra H.M. King Hussein bin Talal and H.M. Queen Noor al-Hussein
(written at Kastron Zadakatha / Sadaqa on 8 August 574)
The papyrus exhibited here was named after the late King Hussein and Queen Noor in 1995, when they ‘adopted' the papyrus and its conservation. It is 620-650 cm long and 28cm wide, so only part of it could be displayed here. The text consists of 523 lines, written in Greek which was the official language at the time.
The document records the settlement of a dispute by arbitration, between the neighbours Theodoras son of Obodianos and Stephanos son of Leontios, who owned property in Sadaqa (which is around 25 km southeast of Petra). The issues under dispute were first very concisely listed by the scribe; then they were discussed at great length by the parties; and finally, they were decided upon by two arbitrators.
Byzantine Church, Petra
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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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