Jordan Amman baths PEF v1 1881

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Amman [Philadelphia]: Baths

Amman [Philadelphia]: Baths (Pal.Expl.Fund, Survey East Palestine 1881,v1)

Amman, capital of Jordan, was ancient Philadelphia. After growing into a major settlement in the Hellenistic period, in AD 106-12 it became part of the new Roman province of Arabia.
South of the acropolis, a long colonnaded avenue ran along the north bank of a wadi which was vaulted as it flowed inside the walls. The public baths were located by a crossroads of the colonnaded avenue and another major street. An aqueduct fed the baths and nymphaeum.
This 1881 drawing from the Palestine Exploration Fund shows a view of the baths with a vaulted entranceway.
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	Amman [Philadelphia]: Baths Amman [Philadelphia]: Baths (Pal.Expl.Fund, Survey East Palestine 1881,v1)

	Amman, capital of Jordan, was ancient Philadelphia. After growing into a major settlement in the Hellenistic period, in AD 106-12 it became part of the new Roman province of Arabia. South of the acropolis, a long colonnaded avenue ran along the north bank of a wadi which was vaulted as it flowed inside the walls. The public baths were located by a crossroads of the colonnaded avenue and another major street. An aqueduct fed the baths and nymphaeum. This 1881 drawing from the Palestine Exploration Fund shows a view of the baths with a vaulted entranceway. .
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Amman [Philadelphia]: Baths

Amman [Philadelphia]: Baths (Pal.Expl.Fund, Survey East Palestine 1881,v1)

Amman, capital of Jordan, was ancient Philadelphia. After growing into a major settlement in the Hellenistic period, in AD 106-12 it became part of the new Roman province of Arabia.

South of the acropolis, a long colonnaded avenue ran along the north bank of a wadi which was vaulted as it flowed inside the walls. The public baths were located by a crossroads of the colonnaded avenue and another major street. An aqueduct fed the baths and nymphaeum.

This 1881 drawing from the Palestine Exploration Fund shows a view of the baths with a vaulted entranceway.

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