Saidnaya, Roman mausoleum, rock cut tombs, temple blocks

Sydnaia, Justinian mosaic Emporor, Mosaic
Date: CE_0545
Category: Byzantium
Institution:
Place of discovery: Dionysias
Collection: Livius

Location:

Syrian Arab Republic, Şaydnāyā
geo:33.699154,36.374832
Location ± 100-500 m.

Class:

Grave or burial field
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=29015

Annotations

The area of the convent of Saidnaya and the surrounding monasteries and town contain, according to Aliquot¹, remains of a ruined Roman mausoleum, rock cut tombs and extensive use of blocks of stone from temples in the area.

References

↑Aliquot, Julien. “Antiliban est”. La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain. By Aliquot. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, 2009. (pp. 312, section 74).

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