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Location:

  • Lebanon, Nîha
  • geo:33.89537,35.963173
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Prostylos temple. See Taylor, plate 101. Aliquot (sections 59 B, C and D)2 gives extensive details of everything known. Section B describes the temple, and C and D describe a ruined building NW of the temple and a "platform" on which were found a range of votive or cult objects, SE. Livius3 gives photographs of temple B, and some detail.

References

  1. George Taylor (1967). The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Beirut : Dar el Mashreq Publishers.
  2. Julien Aliquot (2009). La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain: Békaa sud. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, 2009 pp. 302-304, Sections B, C, D
  3. Livius (2013). Nihata (Niha) : Small Temple


Nearby

Niha, Temple of Hadaranus

Niha, Temple of Hadaranus

Nihata (Modern Niha)

Nihata (Modern Niha)

Anciet Quarry

Anciet Quarry


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