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Temple of the Palmyrene Gods

Dura Europos, Fresco from temple of Mithras Deity, Portrait
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution: New York, Metropolitan Museum
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Remains of temple of Palmyrene gods Sanctuary
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Remains of temple of Palmyrene gods Sanctuary
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Dura Europos, Remains of temple of Palmyrene gods Sanctuary
Date:
Category: Hellenism, Roman Empire
Institution:
Place of discovery: Dura Europos
Collection: Livius

Surroundings:

Sketch of an initiate

Palace of the Dux Ripae

Dura Europos, Remains of palace dux

Dura Europos, Remains of palace dux

Breach in the city wall near tower 19

Breach near tower 19

Dura Europos, Votive inscription, Greek

Temple of Adonis

Dura Europos, Votive inscription, Greek

Banquet Hall Inscription

Dura Europos, Greek inscription temple of Adonis

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's

Synagogue, Dura-Europos

Dura Europos, Synagogue, fresco

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's

Synagogue, Dura-Europos

Dura Europos, Synagogue, fresco

Synagogue, Dura-Europos

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's

Dura Europos, Synagogue, fresco

Synagogue, Dura-Europos

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's

Dura Europos, Synagogue, ceiling tile with capricorn

Fresco

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's

Dura Europos, Synagogue, ceiling tile with capricorn

Fresco

Dura Europos, Replica of synagogue fresco's

Dura Europos, Synagogue ceiling tile with centaur and fish

Fresco

Temple or sanctuary

Location:

Syrian Arab Republic, Quşūr Umm Sābā
geo:34.750877,40.725792
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

1xx / unknown

Class:

Temple or sanctuary
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=18108

Annotations

See:

Clark Hopkins, The Palmyrene Gods at Dura-Europos, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 51(2), 1931, pp.119-137. doi:10.2307/593662
Lucinda Dirven, The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos, Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume: 138, Brill 1999

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

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Mithraeum

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Praetorium, Dura Europos

Part of the Roman castra at Dura Europos