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Byzantine church pulpit, found broken into pieces at its original location in the "Blue Chapel" on the northern ridge of the Petra city center, Jordan, dating from the 6th century.
Petra was a Bishopric See in the Byzantine Empire. The pulpit was hexagonal in form, supported by 6 colonettes on a limestone base and accessed by steps. Its marble is not local to Jordan; most probably it was imported, in worked panels, from Turkey and then assembled on location at the chapel.
The Jordan Museum, Amman.
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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, February 15). Byzantine Church Pulpit from Petra. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10110/byzantine-church-pulpit-from-petra/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Byzantine Church Pulpit from Petra." World History Encyclopedia, February 15, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10110/byzantine-church-pulpit-from-petra/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Byzantine Church Pulpit from Petra." World History Encyclopedia, 15 Feb 2019, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10110/byzantine-church-pulpit-from-petra/.
