Mount Nebo | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Mount Nebo

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Mount Nebo

Country/region:

Jordan/Central Highlands

Alternate names & spellings:

al-Siyagha, as-Siyagha, es-Siyagha, Jabal Nebo, Jabal Nibu, Jebel Nebo, Nebo Mons, Rās al-Siyāghah, Siyagha

Coordinates (N,E):

31.7679 , 35.7253

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

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Site Description

Mount Nebo is an impressive height rising to ca. 817 meters (2680 feet) above sea level. It is connected with the Hebrew prophet Moses. In the 4th c. CE a church and monastery were built on its summit. Looking west from here, one can see across the Jordan River and into the Judean hills of Israel.

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Related Images

Looking west from the summit of Mount Nebo, towards Israel.

Vessels 8

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Mt. Nebo, photo 127

Jar, bag-shaped

Mount Nebo

600 - 700

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Mt. Nebo, photo 126

Jar

Mount Nebo

600 - 700

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Mount Nebo Saller 1941 Pl. 145.13

Transport amphora

Mount Nebo

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Byzantine, Early Byzantine, Late Byzantine

Mount Nebo Saller 1941 Pl. 145.14

Transport amphora

Mount Nebo

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Byzantine, Early Byzantine, Late Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

Pleiades (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/563265622/?searchterm=Mount%20Nebo*)

Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

Byzantine-Islamic Geometric Painted Ware

c. 300-1100 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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