TY - GEN T1 - A wayside shrine in northern Moab : excavations in Wadi ath-Thamad T2 - Wadi ath-Thamad project ; A2 - Daviau, P. M. Michè€le LA - English PP - Oxford ; Philadelphia PB - Oxbow Books YR - 2017 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1020296783 AB - Major recent excavations have shed much light on the complexity of Iron Age society and religion in southern Palestine, a region where both Judeans and Edomites lived. However, it is not clear whether the religious practices attested at these sites were a reflection of localised customs or were common rituals for peoples of Cisjordan and we do not know their extent. An isolated shrine site at Wadi ath-Thamad Site WT-13 in northern Moab which contained numerous finds of Iron Age figurines and statues has been the subject of detailed excavation. The rich harvest of figurines, ceramic statues, beads, miniature ceramic vessels, architectural models, faunal remains and shells and fossils constitutes the evidence for repeated cultic activities. Although dating to the Iron Age at the time of the consolidation of the kingdom of Moab, there is insufficient evidence at present to determine the full range of cultic practices and deities venerated by the peoples of the lands within ancient Moab and by those visitors to the shrine. The links between WT-13 and the surrounding town sites is only now coming to light with excavation at Atarus and Khirbat al-Mudayna, as well as at the Ammonite site of Tall Damiyah in the Jordan Valley, where a comparable shrine has recently been uncovered. WT-13 clearly serves as a link between the Jordan Valley and the Negev, adding to our knowledge of local and foreign influences in the region during the Iron Age. CN - DS154.9.T43 SN - 9781785707094 SN - 1785707094 SN - 9781785707100 SN - 1785707108 SN - 9781785707117 SN - 1785707116 SN - 9781785707087 KW - Thamad Wadi (Jordan) : Antiquities. KW - Excavations (Archaeology) : Jordan : Thamad Wadi. KW - Antiquities KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Jordan : Thamad Wadi ER -