The Via Nova Traiana Between Petra and Ayn Al‐Qana In Arabia Petraea

Abstract

Summary This paper presents new evidence, based on systematic fieldwork, concerning the most likely path of the Roman road, the via nova Traiana, in the area between Petra and Ayn al‐Qana in southern Jordan. Special attention is given to the work of David Graf, the most recent fieldwork study, prior to the present investigation, dealing with the same issue, that of the via nova Traiana. It also presents a detailed description of the route of the Roman road, adds new information to Graf's study, and challenges some of his suggestions. The paper also considers other ancient roads that were directly connected to the Roman highway.

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“…It also potentially situates the site chronologically within periods of possible Nabataean or Roman activity. However, an early Islamic date cannot be discounted completely and fits within the wider conjecture of Juchniewicz [21] of a watering station at modern al Sharaf, 10 km south-west of the possible station on a route leading north to Aqaba and long-distance routes such as the road later formalised as the Via Nova Traiana [33], although there is no evidence of an ancient surfaced road in the current survey area and the wider distribution of sites would support a view that there was not a single, defined route of movement through this landscape. In spite of the station being located so remotely, there is no evidence of the associated fort as has been recorded at Kh.…”