RT Article
T1 The Late Antique Church at Tall al-ʿUmayrī East: New Evidence for the Jafnid Family and the Cult of St. Sergius in Northern Jordan
JF Bulletin of ASOR
IS 373
SP 49
OP 68
A1 Bevan, George A. 1974-
A1 Fisher, Greg 1976-
A1 Genequand, Denis 1970-
LA English
PB The University of Chicago Press
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1577295595
AB The discovery of a new church inscription referring to the Jafnid (or "Ghassānid") leader alMundhir in northern Jordan provides new insights into the activities of the family in the region arid is a valuable addition to the epigraphic corpus concerning the Jafnids. The initial publication of the inscription in ADAJ, as part of the excavation report, was necessarily limited in its analytical scope. Here we take the opportunity to build on those initial findings to place the inscription in its epigraphic context, in the context of the activities of the Jafnid family, including their public connection to expressions of Christian piety in Provincia Arabia and elsewhere. Finally, we offer a hypothesis about what the title accorded to al-Mundhir on the inscription might reveal about the process of "imperial confirmation" for Arab allies in general and for the Jafnids in particular.
K1 Arabs
K1 Cults
K1 Inscriptions
K1 ISLAMIC mosaics
K1 Jordan
K1 Jafnids
K1 Religions
K1 Roman Empire
K1 Inscription
K1 Mosaic
DO 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.373.0049