Temple of Al-Lat at Palmyra

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified May 21, 2019 09:27 AM — History

A temple sacred to the goddess Al-Lat in Palmyra. The earliest shrine on the site was constructed in the mid-first century BCE, and was greatly expanded during the second century CE. The temple was closed and its altar destroyed during the 380s CE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/215749623

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.5549196337, 38.2616638405

Locations:

OSM location of Temple of Allat (330 BC - AD 640)

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Temple of Al-Lat at Palmyra at Palmyra (330 BC - AD 640)

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Place type:
temple

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Temple of Al-Lat at Palmyra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/215749623> [accessed: 12 December 2019]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/215749623 |title=Places: 215749623 (Temple of Al-Lat at Palmyra) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=December 12, 2019 10:35 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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