Avdat

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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: nature reserve in Israel
Part of: Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev
Country: Israel
Located in: Southern District
Area: 62592
Official website: en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/avdat-national-park
Image: Aerial photograph of Avdat, Israel, Sept. 2007.jpg

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located in/on physical feature: Negev
Commons category: Avdat
culture: Nabataean kingdom
director of archaeological fieldwork: Michael Evenari

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Article · Italiano

Avdat (in ebraico עבדת, dall'arabo عبدات, Abdat), nota anche come Ovdat e Obodat, è una città abbandonata e in rovina situata nel deserto del Negev, nella parte meridionale di Israele. Essa fu un tempo, tra il I secolo a.C. e il VII secolo d.C., dopo Petra, la città più importante della Via dell'incenso. Avdat fu fondata nel III secolo a.C. e nel corso della sua storia fu popolata dai Nabatei, dai Romani e dai Bizantini. Avdat era una città carovaniera stagionale per le carovane nabatee che viaggiavano lungo l'antica strada Petra-Gaza (Darb es-Sultan) verso il III/fine del II secolo a.C. Il nome originale della città fu mutato in Avdat in onore del re nabateo , che, secondo la tradizione, vi era venerato come una divinità e vi fu sepolto.

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