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Location

  • Lebanon, Temnîne el Faouqa
  • geo:33.910858,35.977795
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • not yet provided

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Temnine el Fawqa, Ain el Jobb Nymphaeum or Sacred Spring

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The location is a bit uncertain. Taylor1 simply says it is a "pleasant walk (20 minutes) up the valley" from Temnine el Fawqa. Aliquot states that it is "dans la gorge située à 500 m à l’ouest de Temnine el-Faouqa, non loin d’une nécropole antique"2. I shall visit this site when possible. In the meantime, there are rock cut tombs at Jurd Niha about 1 km. to the west (more like two as the path goes), but no sign of a spring there, and there is at least one spring in the valley to the north. I have put the pin in the valley north of the village, but the best thing is to ask for "Ain el Jobb" in the village. The spring is covered with a vault and has a 4 metre shaft down to a cistern. There is a cippus outside with an image of a goddess.

References

  1. George Taylor (1967). The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Beirut : Dar el Mashreq Publishers, p. 127, plate 16.
  2. Julien Aliquot (2009). La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain: Békaa sud. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, pp. 298-299, Section 58A.

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Creators: Entry created by Brian Prescott-Decie (2016-06-19) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/27669
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Suggested citation: Prescott-Decie, B. , Temnine el Fawqa, Ain el Jobb Nymphaeum or Sacred Spring. https://vici.org/vici/27669, accessed 2026-05-20.