Nabatea

This category relates to the Nabataean culture, known for its role in trade networks across parts of the ancient Near East. The surviving objects and artistic traditions reflect a society shaped by commerce, cultural exchange, and distinctive regional identity.

Female Sphinx from Petra, Nabataean architectural fragment, early 1st century CE

Female Sphinx (Early 1st century CE)

Antiquities Middle East Nabatea Sculpture

This female sphinx, an architectural fragment from the Nabataean city of Petra in Jordan, serves as a window into a lost world of hybrid creatures and divine protectors.