Synagogue at Dura-Europos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Anne Chen, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 06, 2024 11:28 PM
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History
The Dura-Europos synagogue is one of the oldest known synagogues in the world. According to an Aramaic inscription, its final phase of construction took place in A.D. 244. It was uncovered during excavations in 1932.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/335307374
34.7478425, 40.7269042
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Synagogue (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Dura-Europos synagogue (English, modern)
- Synagogue at Dura-Europos located at D(o)ura/Europos (30 BC - AD 300)
- Synagogue phase 1 phase of (archaeological) Synagogue at Dura-Europos (unspecified date range)
- Synagogue phase 2 phase of (archaeological) Synagogue at Dura-Europos (unspecified date range)
synagogue, temple
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, Anne Chen, and Tom Elliott, 'Synagogue at Dura-Europos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/335307374> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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