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Synagogue, Dura-Europos

Dura Europos, Synagogue, fresco Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Damascus, National Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Synagogue, fresco Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Damascus, National Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Synagogue, ceiling tile with capricorn Animal, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Synagogue, ceiling tile with capricorn Animal, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: New York, Metropolitan Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Synagogue ceiling tile with centaur and fish Animal, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Paris, Louvre
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Synagogue, fresco Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Damascus, National Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Synagogue, fresco Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Damascus, National Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Synagogue, Dura-Europos

Fresco From the Dura-Europos synagogue.

Fresco From the Dura-Europos synagogue.

Fresco From the Dura-Europos synagogue.

Fresco From the Dura-Europos synagogue.

Capricorn Capricorn. From the ceiling of the Dura-Europos synagogue. On display at the Louvre, Paris.

Centaur Centaur. From the ceiling of the Dura-Europos synagogue. On display at the Louvre, Paris.

Model of the Dura Europos Synagogue Model of the Dura Europos Synagogue. Museum Orientalis Nijmegen.

Synagogue, Dura-Europos After Carl Hermann Kraeling 1956

Synagogue, Dura-Europos After Carl Hermann Kraeling 1956

View from synagogue Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's Wall painting, Synagogue
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Surroundings:

Breach in the city wall near tower 19

Breach near tower 19

Temple of Adonis

Dura Europos, Votive inscription, Greek

Banquet Hall Inscription

Dura Europos, Votive inscription, Greek

Dura Europos, Greek inscription temple of Adonis

Dura Europos, Greek inscription on Palmyrene gate

Dura Europos, Greek inscription on Palmyrene gate

Dura Europos, Greek inscription on Palmyrene gate

Dura Europos, Greek inscription on Palmyrene gate

Dura Europos, Remains of a church

Palmyrene Gate

Dura Europos, Remains of Palmyrene gate

Inscription

Dura Europos, Remains of Palmyrene gate

Dura Europos, Remains of Palmyrene gate

Dura Europos, Remains of Palmyrene gate

Dura Europos, Remains of Palmyrene gate

Christian House-Church, Dura-Europos

Dura-Europos Baptistry. Healing of the Paralytic ca 232 AD

Dura-Europos Church

Dura Europos, Synagogue ceiling tile with flower

Reconstruction Dura-Europos Church

Dura Europos, Church with altar

River Euphrates near Dura Europos

Scutum

Dura Europos, Remains of synagogue

Dura Europos, Model

Dura Europos, Remains of north-west walls

Temple or sanctuary

Location:

Syrian Arab Republic, Quşūr Umm Sābā
geo:34.747421,40.727165
Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

165 / unknown

Class:

Temple or sanctuary
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=18104
wikidata:entity=Q1577089

Annotations

See:

Carl H. Kraeling, The Synagogue. Excavations at Dura-Europos with contributions by C. C. Torrey, C. B. Welles and B. Geiger., The Excavations at Dura Europas, VIII, part. 1; The excavations at Dura-Europos, VIII, part. 1.New Haven : Yale University press, 1956.

Relevant museums

Deir ez-Zor Museum

Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum

National Museum of Damascus

National Museum of Damascus

Nijmegen, Orientalis

Nijmegen, Orientalis

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nearby

Breach near tower 19

A breach in the city wall, caused by the Parthian attack.

Temple of Adonis, Dura Europos

Temple of Adonis

Caravanserai, Dura Europos

Hellenistic building.