The church of Saint John the Baptist in Riḥāb (Jordan): epigraphy and history

Julien Aliquot (1, 2) , Abdul Qader Al-Husan (3)

1 HiSoMA - Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques
2 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
3 DoAJ - Department of Antiquities of Jordan

A large number of inscriptions were discovered during the excavations of the ecclesiastical complex of St. John the Baptist at Riḥāb in northeast Jordan. This article presents the whole dossier and shows its contribution to the history of a community established in the civic territory of Bostra in Roman Provincia Arabia.

Mots clés: Riḥāb; Greek epigraphy; Roman Provincia Arabia; Bostra; kastron; late antiquity

Domaines: Histoire; Etudes classiques; Archéologie et Préhistoire

Julien Aliquot, Abdul Qader Al-Husan. The church of Saint John the Baptist in Riḥāb (Jordan): epigraphy and history. Berytus, 2020, 59-60, pp.107-130. ⟨halshs-03076673⟩