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Er-Rabba (inhabited place) |
Note: Was site of Biblical town; settled during Roman period by Nabateans & first mentioned by Ptolemy; not excavated extensively, but surveys identify remains of a Nabatean temple with tripartite plan. |
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| Er-Rabba (preferred,C,V)
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| er-Rabba (C,V)
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| Areopolis (H,V)
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............ | recorded by Eusebius, meaning "city of Ares (Greek god of war)" & repeated in many Byzantine sources |
| Areapolis (H,V)
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| Rabbathmoba (H,V)
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............ | recorded on seals in 2nd-cen. Nabatean necropolis of Mampsis |
| Rabbath Moab (H,V)
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| Ir Moab (H,V)
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............ | Biblical name |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Nabatean settlement was built on more ancient site |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| administrative center (H) |
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during 2nd cen. CE, as attested by documents found in Dead Sea Caves |
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