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The shrine of the chief goddess of Petra, AL-UZZA can be seen at the bottom left with square eyes, she is represented as a betyl or stele which was common to that culture, next to her; is the god "DUSHARA" - Dushara (Arabic: ذو شرى‎, "Lord of the Mountain"), also transliterated as 'Dusares', was an deity in the ancient Middle East worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh (of which city he was the patron). He was mothered by Manat the goddess of fate.In Greek times, he was associated with Zeus because he was the chief of the Nabataean pantheon as well as with Dionysus. His sanctuary at Petra contained a great temple in which a large cubical stone was the centrepiece. (There wasnt enough time to see his temple at Petra ) This deity was mentioned by the 9th century CE historian Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, who wrote in The Book of Idols (Kitab al-Asnām) that: "The Banū al-Hārith ibn-Yashkur ibn-Mubashshir of the ʻAzd had an idol called Dū Sharā."

Description
The shrine of the chief goddess of Petra, AL-UZZA can be seen at the bottom left with square eyes, she is represented as a betyl or stele which was common to that culture, next to her; is the god "DUSHARA" - Dushara (Arabic: ذو شرى‎, "Lord of the Mountain"), also transliterated as 'Dusares', was an deity in the ancient Middle East worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh (of which city he was the patron). He was mothered by Manat the goddess of fate.In Greek times, he was associated with Zeus because he was the chief of the Nabataean pantheon as well as with Dionysus. His sanctuary at Petra contained a great temple in which a large cubical stone was the centrepiece. (There wasnt enough time to see his temple at Petra ) This deity was mentioned by the 9th century CE historian Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, who wrote in The Book of Idols (Kitab al-Asnām) that: "The Banū al-Hārith ibn-Yashkur ibn-Mubashshir of the ʻAzd had an idol called Dū Sharā."