Roman necropolis at al-Bass
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Sep 19, 2022 10:09 PM
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History
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The Tyre necropolis, part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Tyre, contains a triumphal arch and hundreds of stone sarcophagi dated to the Roman and Byzantine periods. It is located adjacent to an older Phoenician burial site.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/562815441
33.2702562, 35.212397
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of مقبرة صور (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- البص (al-Bass: Modern Standard Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Roman necropolis at al-Bass abuts Phoenician cemetery at al-Bass (30 BC - AD 640)
- Roman necropolis at al-Bass located at Tyrus/Col. Septimia Severa (30 BC - AD 640)
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catacomb, cemetery, necropolis, archaeological site
- See Further:
Pleiades
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Roman necropolis at al-Bass: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/562815441> [accessed: 08 May 2024]
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