Qasr Bint Firaun
The Qasr Bint Firaun , ( Arabic قصر بنت فرعون Qasr Bint Firʿaun , DMG Qaṣr Bint Firʿawn 'Palace of the Pharaoh's Daughter'), also Qasr al-Bint (قصر البنت / Qaṣr al-Bint ), is a temple in the rock city of Petra in Jordan . The misleading modern name comes from local Bedouins. The temple was probably dedicated to the main Nabatean gods al-Uzza and Dushara .
Construction
The Qasr al-Bint was built between 30 and 8 BC. The temple was accessed through a gate that separated the hustle and bustle of the colonnaded street from the temple's sacred precinct. The Temenos Gate, which can still be seen today, was built later - it probably dates from the first century AD. A long wall surrounded the temple, on which there were two rows of seats - presumably for believers attending ceremonies in the temple precinct.
There were three large altars in the sacred precinct that were accessed by stairs. Presumably they were closely related to the temple. The temple itself has numerous features that clearly distinguish it from the Hellenistic and Roman architecture. So the floor plan is square. There were also three interconnected rooms inside. The image of the deity was kept in the middle room. The side length of the building was 32 m; the temple was 29 m high. Stairs in the side rooms of the temple led to the roof - it can be assumed that this was also used for rituals.
literature
- Heinrich Kohl : Kasr Firaun in Petra. ( Scientific publications of the German Orient Society 13). Leipzig 1910.
- Fabio Bourbon: Petra, the mysterious rock city . Müller, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89893-564-7 , pp. 80-83.
Coordinates: 30 ° 19 ′ 46.9 ″ N , 35 ° 26 ′ 24.6 ″ E