Figures & data
Figure 1. Map of the region with all sites mentioned in the text marked.
Figure 2. Plan of Gerasa (after Lepaon).
Figure 3. Survey plan of the North-west Quarter (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 4. Geophysical plan (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 5. Photo showing quarry marks in Trench E (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 6. Stretch of water pressure pipe excavated during the 2012 campaign in Trench E (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 7. Trench B in the northern part of the area of research before excavation (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 8. Photo of the monumental architectural block (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 9. Horned altar from Jerash (Rubina Raja).
Figure 10. The excavated oil press in Trench B (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 11. Phase plan of Trench B with various construction phases marked in colours (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 12. Close-up of organic material, pods found in Trench G (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 13. Drawing of the upper part of the monumental block, also found in Trench B (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 14. Photo and reconstruction of the monumental architectural block (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 15. Drawings of all sides of the monumental architectural block (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 16. Hypothetical reconstruction of the monumental architectural block in a building (Danish-German Jerash North-west Quarter Project).
Figure 17. Horned altar from Jerash with bowl/basin visible (Rubina Raja).
Figure 18. View of the entrance to the sanctuary in Sfire with altars depicted on the entrance (after Steinsapir 2010: 134).
Figure 18a. Altar-block from Hammam as-Sarakh (Rubina Raja).
Figure 19. Close-up of the niches stemming from a Roman period sanctuary on the citadel in Amman (Rubina Raja).
Figure 20. Monumental niches flanking the entrance to the Artemision in Gerasa (Rubina Raja).
Figure 21. View of the entrance to the sanctuary in Hösn Suleiman with niches flanking the entrance on both sides (Andreas Kropp).
