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Palmyra, Funerary bust of AteaqabPalmyra, Funerary bust of a manPalmyra, Funerary bust of two man and a girlPalmyra, Funerary family busts with eaglePalmyra, Funerary busts of father and son with Palmyrene inscriptionPalmyra, Funerary bust of Ummayat, daughter of Yarhai, explanationPalmyra, Tomb three brotherRemains of south wallpaintingPalmyra, Funerary bust of a ladyValley of the TombsPalmyra, Funerary bust of a ladyPalmyra, Funerary bust of Atenatan GuraiPalmyra, Funerary bust of a ladyPalmyra, Head of a priestPalmyra, Funerary bust of a manPalmyra, SarcophagusPalmyra, Funerary bust of Ouahballat, sun of OuahballatPalmyra, Funerary bust of a familyPalmyra TombsPalmyra, Funerary bust of a ladyPalmyra, Funerary bust of a couplePalmyra, Head of king OdenaethusPalmyra, Funerary bust of a ladyPalmyra, Funerary bust of priest MarionPalmyra, Funerary bust of a ladyPalmyra, Funerary bust of Vibius ApollonarisPalmyra, Funerary bust of two priestsPalmyra TombsPalmyra, Funerary bust of M. Julius MaximusPalmyra, Funerary bust of HaddaPalmyra, Head of king Odenaethus

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur
  • geo:34.54213,38.254738
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=18090

Annotations

On the lintel of the door, five inscriptions in Palmyrene mention the establishment of this hypogeum by the three brothers (Male, Saadi and Naamain), in the middle of the 2nd century A.D. It includes 3 exedras with 65 bays, each with 6 recesses. At the back of the westen exedra, frescoes in Graeco-Syrian style represent the legend of Achilles and the Troyan wars. Winged women (Victories) are standing on spheres and raising their arms to support circular medaillions including the Effigies of the dead.The abdication of Ganymedes is portrayed in a circular framework. In the right exedra are the remains of three beautiful sarcophagi. The sarcophagus of Male is in the left exedra1.

See also Palmyra - Funerary Monuments

References

  1. ↑Info plate at the site


Relevant museums

Palmyra, archaeological museum

Archaeological Museum of the excavations in Palmyra

Gaziantep, Museum of Archaeology

Archaeological Museum

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Belgrade, Kalemegdan Lapidarium

Small museum with some sculpture and inscriptions.

Berlin, Altes Museum

Berlin, Altes Museum

Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz

Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

The British Museum

The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.


Nearby

Palmyra - Tadmor, Southwestern Graveyard

Palmyra Southwestern cemetery

Efqa Spring

Efqa Spring dried up in 1994.

Jebel Muhtar [Palmyra]

Neolitic settlement caves on the Efqa spring.


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