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Surroundings:

Sardis, ChapelChurchLate Lydian Stele of Atrastas, son of Sakardas.Ruins of SardisLydian Gold Refinery and Altar, destroyed a ChurchLydian Gold Refinery and Altar, destroyed a ChurchLydian Gold Refinery and Altar, destroyed a ChurchHousesHousesSynagogue of SardisSynagogue of SardisSynagogue of SardisThermeThermeGymnasium SardesGymnasium SardesGymnasium SardesGymnasium SardesSardes Theatrer

Location:

  • Türkiye, Sartmustafa
  • geo:38.479168,28.031376
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -334 / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=12022

Annotations

Artemision of Sardes was erected ca 300 BC. by King Croesus of Sardies for the main goddess of the city. It was one of the largest Artemis temples

  1. http://www.sardisexpedition.org/en/essays/about-artemis-temple
  2. Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empir, II ed., Istanbul 1970, pp. 124-132
  3. Howard Crosby Butler, Sardis: Publications : American Society for the Excavation of Sardis : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive   https://archive.org/details/pt1sardispublica02ameruoft

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/late-antiquity/sardis


Nearby

Sardis, Church M

Ruins of the church at Sardes.

Sardis, Altar of Artemis

Altar of Artemis

Sardis, Stele of Atrastas

Marble grave stele, currently in Manisa Museum


This object was added by Randal Gilbert on 2013-01-03. Last update by p. jeffries on 2024-11-20. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/12022 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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