آدات

Also known as Ovdat, Obodat, Eboda

Avdat or Ovdat (), and Abdah or Abde (), are the modern names of an archaeological site corresponding to the ancient Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine settlement of Oboda (tabula Peutingeriana; Stephanus Byzantinus) or Eboda (Ptolemaeus 5:16, 4) in the Negev desert in southern Israel. It was inhabited with intermissions between the 3rd century BCE and the mid-7th century CE by Nabataeans, in their time becoming the most important city on the Incense Route after Petra, then by Roman army veterans, and Byzantines, and habitation continued well into the Early Muslim period. Avdat was a seasonal camp

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Abdah
Ancient site.alternate_name: OvdatEboda
Ancient site.image: Aerial photograph of Avdat, Israel, July 2017.jpg
Ancient site.caption: Aerial view of the acropolis
Ancient site.map_type: Israel
Ancient site.map_size: 280
Ancient site.location: Southern District, Israel
Ancient site.region: Negev
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.built: 3rd century BCE
Ancient site.cultures: Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic
Ancient site.condition: In ruins
Ancient site.designation1: WHS
Ancient site.designation1_offname: Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta)
Ancient site.designation1_date: 2005 (29th session)
Ancient site.designation1_number: 1107
Ancient site.designation1_criteria: iii, v
Ancient site.designation1_type: Cultural