he Temple of Artemis Azzanathkona honors a syncretized combination of the Greek goddess Artemis and the Syrian goddess Azzanathkona (Atargatis). The temple is a square building with an inner chamber at the rear. It also has a small area with elevated theater seating around an auditorium, one of five in Dura-Europos. The sanctuary was covered in paintings, like many of the other religious buildings in this city. In the Roman period, in addition to its religious functions, the complex also served as headquarters for the Cohors XX Palmyrenorum, an infantry and cavalry regiment recruited from Palmyra. The temple was destroyed with the rest of the site in 256 AD. It was excavated by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions from 1928-1929. Found on the eastern wall is a horoscope dated to July 176 AD1.
Temple of Artemis Azzanathkona
Relevante Museen
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Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
Syrien, Deir ez-Zor -
National Museum of Damascus
National Museum of Damascus
Syrien, Damascus -
Nijmegen, Orientalis
Nijmegen, Orientalis
Niederlande, Heilig Landstichting -
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
Frankreich, Paris -
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vereinigte Staaten, Manhattan
Nahegelegene Fundstellen
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Pratorium, Dura Europos
Part of the Roman castrum at Dura Europos
Syrien, Quşūr Umm Sābā -
Bath, Dura Europos
Roman bath - part of the Military Camp.
Syrien, Quşūr Umm Sābā -
Temple of the Palmyrene Gods
Temple of the Palmyrene Gods
Syrien, Quşūr Umm Sābā -
Dolicheneum, Dura Europos
Temple of Jupiter Dolichenus
Syrien, Quşūr Umm Sābā