Palmyra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, David Michelson, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Thomas Carlson, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
An ancient oasis and trading city with monumental remains, located in modern Syria. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668331
34.55139575, 38.2667172
- None
- Colonia Hadr. Ant. P. (140 BC - AD 640)
- Ἁδριανοπόλις (Hadrianopolis; 30 BC - AD 850)
- I Illyricorum garrison (AD 284 - AD 640)
- I Illyrorum garrison (140 BC - AD 640)
- Πάλμυρα (Palmyra; AD 300 - AD 850)
- Palmyra (30 BC - Present)
- Palmyra (1450 BC - AD 2000)
- Παλμυρηνός (Palmyrenos; AD 300 - AD 850)
- Tadmar (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Tadmir (1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- תַּדְמֹר (Tadmor; 550 BC - 330 BC)
- تدمر (Tadmur; modern)
- Tadmur (1600 BC - AD 2000)
- Tadmur (1600 BC - AD 2000)
- Tadmuru (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Θαδάμορα (Thadamora; 30 BC - AD 300)
- Strata Diocletiana (Attested dates needed)
- Theatre of Palmyra (Attested dates needed)
- Temple of Nabu at Palmyra (Attested dates needed)
- Temple of Ba'al at Palmyra (Attested dates needed)
- Camp of Diocletian at Palmyra (Attested dates needed)
- Agora of Palmyra (Attested dates needed)
urban area, oasis, settlement, station (road or coastal)
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 68 F4 Palmyra/Thadamora/Hadrianopolis
- Bounni, A. 1989. “Palmyre et les Palmyréniens,” in J.-M. Dentzer and W. Orthmann (eds.), Archéologie et histoire de la Syrie 2, pp. 251-66, Saarbrücken.
- Bryce, T. 2014. Ancient Syria: a Three Thousand Year History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- New Pauly, Palmyra
- PECS (Perseus), PALMYRA (Tadmor) Syria
- Pollard, N. 2000. Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), PALMYRA
- Smith, A. 2013. Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation. New York: Oxford University Press,
- Starcky, J. and M. Gawlikowski. 1985. Palmyre. Paris: Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient. pp. 33-36
- UNESCO World Heritage List, Site of Palmyra
- Wiegand, T. et al., 1932. Palmyra: Ergebnisse der Expeditionen von 1902 und 1917. Berlin: H. Keller.
- Wikipedia, Palmyra
- Will, E. 1992. Les Palmyréniens: la Venise des sables: Ier siècle avant-IIIème siècle après J.-C. Paris: A. Colin. pp. 30-46
- Wood, R. 1753. The ruins of Palmyra : otherwise Tedmor, in the desart. London.
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 68 F4 Palmyra/Thadamora/Hadrianopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tudmur
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 under criteria i, ii, and iv of UNESCO's World Heritage List Operational Guidelines.
Specific archaeological components include:
- Art and architecture which in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD combined cultural influences from Graeco-Roman,local, and Persian traditions
- A 1100 meter-long grand colonnaded street
- Temple of Ba'al, Camp of Diocletian, an ancient Agora, and theatre
- Various other temples and urban quarters
- Unique examples of funerary sculpture which combine Graeco-Roman art with indigenous elements and Persian influence
- Remains of a Roman aqueduct and immense necropoleis
J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, David Michelson, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Thomas Carlson, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Palmyra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668331> [accessed: 30 September 2016]
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