Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos

Details

Instance of

temple, feature, ruins, cultural property, archaeological site, cultural heritage

Part of

Dura-Europos, Block L5, Dura-Europos

Has parts

Northern Naos, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Northern Pronaos, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Room 4, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Room 5, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Propylaeum, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Room 43, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Room 38, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Peristyle, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Room 48, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Wine Cellar, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Southern Naos, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Northern Portico and Side Entrance, Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, Syria

Location

Dura-Europos

Located in

Al-Salihiyah

Country

Syria

Material

mudbrick, plaster, stone

dedicated to

Adonis, Apollo, Atargatis

described by source

The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Report of Fifth Season of Work October 1931 – March 1932, Dura-Europos, The Discovery of Dura-Europos, Dura-Europos and Its Art, Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos, The Excavations at Dura-Europos. Preliminary Report of the Seventh and Eighth Seasons of Work, 1933–1934 and 1934–1935. Edited by M. I. Rostovtzeff, F. E. Brown and C. B. Welles. New Haven: Yale University Press; London: Humphrey Milford, 1939. P, Architectural Descriptive Data diary from Dura-Europos, 1933, Yale University Art Gallery, Object Register from Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (Syria), Season G, 1933-4, Housing and Households at Dura-Europos: A Study in Identity on Rome's Eastern Frontier

dissolved, abolished or demolished

256

location of discovery

Dura-Europos

number of rooms

52

orientation

east

significant event

Yale-French Excavation Season Five at Dura-Europos, Siege of Dura-Europos, Yale-French Excavation Season Seven at Dura-Europos, Earthquake of 160 CE at Dura-Europos

significant person

Frank Edward Brown, Henry F. Pearson, Clark Hopkins

state of conservation

partially destroyed

time period

Arsacid Period, Dura-Europos (Syria), Hellenistic Period, Dura-Europos (Syria), Roman Period, Dura-Europos (Syria)