Musallam R. Al-Rawahneh

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• Associate Professor- Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Head of Department at Mutah University

Abstract - The funerary epigraph which is the subject of this paper is currently in the Jordan Ahli Bank Numismatic Museum in Amman. Although there is no specific evidence of its origin, its epigraphic formulas allow us to consider that the piece can come from the site of Zoara (or Zoora; Ghor es-Safi, south-east of the Dead Sea). Keywords - Jorda...

This scientific paper sheds light on four heritage villages in Southern Jordan, respectively: village of Dana in the Bsaira District of Tafileh Governorate, village of Taybeh (Taybet Zaman), village of Khirbet Al-Nawafilah (Beit Zaman), and village of Aljay in the Petra District of Ma'an Governorate. These villages were developed and invested by th...

This paper aims to bring to light and edit nine Byzantine funerary inscriptions discovered in the town of El-‘Irāq (western Governorate of Karak, southern Jordan). All these pieces belong to the period ranging from the 5th to the 6th centuries ce. Like the majority of the inscriptions from the area, these epigraphs consist of short epitaphs engrave...

This study describes seven new Byzantine inscriptions discovered in Moab (Governorate of al-Karak, southern Jordan), which was part of Provincia Arabia and Palaestina Tertia during the Roman Empire. The Byzantine tombstone inscriptions in Moab date from the fifth to the mid-seventh century AD. The inscriptions follow the typical formula of Byzantin...

This is the first study of a unique private collection of coins belonging to Ro-man empresses. The collection includes silver and bronze/copper coins bearing inscriptions, pictures, symbols, and monograms. These coins have significant artistic implications as they represent unique Roman styles and types, and some of them are rare. The time frame of...

The aim of this paper is to bring to light, to edit, and to contextualize a new Byzantine inscription from al-Nasraniyyah (Roman province of Palaestina Tertia; southwest of Busaira, in southern Jordan). This piece, probably dated to the 6th century AD, is a dedicatory inscription of a church (οἴκος) in honor of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God (Θεοτό...

The aim of this paper is to bring to light and edit two Byzantine funerary inscriptions from El‐ʿAynūn (Kerak Governorate; Southern Jordan). The first one is perhaps dated in the year 485–486 AD [year 380 EPA]; the second one, although not dated, probably belongs to the same period, ranging between the fifth and the sixth century AD.

This study aims to shed light on the Political- Commercial Relations between Egypt and Southern Levant (Jordan and Palestine), during the period extending from the Stone Ages to the end of the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, which is contemporaneous from the Stone Ages to the end of the Middle Bronze Age in the Levant (10.000 – 1.550 B.C). The...

The aim of this paper is to bring to light, edit and contextualize a Latin inscription from Gharandal (the ancient Arindela or Arieldela; Roman province of Arabia Petraea [al-Tafilah Governorate; South-ern Jordan]). The piece, dating probably from the 2nd century AD, is the gravestone of Spratus, a soldier of a cohors Ulp(ia) mil(iaria), hard to id...

This paper aims at an archaeological descriptive study of a collection of glazed and painted Ayyubid/ Mamluk pottery sherds. The samples were excavated from Al Rabbah southern Jordan. The pottery vessels were divided into four groups according to the glazing color and manufacture method, as follows: yellow glazed, brown glazed, green glazed, and pa...

This paper investigates a two-line unpublished Nabataean funerary inscription found in 2016 at Dhībān, 70 km south of Amman. The inscription, which is the first known Nabataean text from this site, represents a dedication of a funerary monument, a nefesh, by a person to his deceased son. The current study includes a word-by-word discussion of the t...

The goal of this research is to shed light on the discovered Egyptian Pharaonic Scarabs Patterns or those influenced by the Egyptians in the Southern Levant (Jordan and Palestine) that confirms the Egypt commercial relations with the Southern Levant during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages (2000- 1200 B.C). The study also reaffirms that the influenc...

The goal of this research is to highlight the archaeological Statues of Assyrian culture and their influence on the Southern Levant, where the Assyrians within the Iron Age (918- 539 B.C), were able to find themselves a foothold in the Levant, taking an advantage of great powers retreat in the Ancient Near East and the beginning of the decline of E...

Abstract: The Ancient Egyptian Pharaonic Religious beliefs, Between myth, Idolatry, and Monotheism This study sheds some light on the Egyptian Pharaonic religious beliefs, which have been described through series of studies in contradicted ways, e.g. Totemism combined with divinity, as well as Idolatry combined with Monotheism. This study discu...

This study sheds some light on the Egyptian Pharaonic religious beliefs, which have been described through a series of studies in contradicting ways, e.g. Totemism combined with divinity, as well as Idolatry combined with Monotheism. This study discusses these different studies and opinions related to the Pharaonic beliefs fairly and without prejud...

The Beginnings of Nabataeans Anonymous Numismatics Issue This research paper discusses different viewpoints of various scholars concerning pinpointing the exact date of issuing the anonymous Nabataean coin, and the first ruler who ordered the issue of such type of coin and its duration. Based on some findings induced from the excavations at Tell...