The Nabataean sanctuary at Khirbet al-Tannur

Record summary

Khirbet al-Tannur is a Nabataean open-air sanctuary excavated earlier and published in later scholarship, with carved divine and astral imagery, architectural features, and evidence for ritual activity. It is useful for comparing Nabataean religious syncretism, water and fertility symbolism, and the incorporation of celestial motifs into local cult. The site is securely archaeological, but assigning particular reliefs to named planets, zodiacal bodies, or unified theological systems remains interpretive. Reconstruction and publication history must be checked because many sculptures were found displaced or fragmentary.