Palmyra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, David Michelson, R. Warner, R. Talbert, 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
34.5521005265, 38.265706528
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- Colonia Hadr. Ant. P. (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Ἁδριανοπόλις (Hadrianopolis: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 850)
- I Illyricorum garrison (Latin, AD 284 - AD 640)
- I Illyrorum garrison (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Πάλμυρα (Palmyra: Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 850)
- Palmyra (Latin, 30 BC - Present)
- Palmyra (Ancient Greek, 1450 BC - AD 2000)
- Παλμυρηνός (Palmyrenos: Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 850)
- Tadmar (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Tadmir (Hittite, 1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- תַּדְמֹר (Tadmor: Ancient Hebrew, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- تدمر (Tadmur: Arabic, modern)
- Tadmur (Akkadian, 1600 BC - AD 2000)
- Tadmur (Modern Standard Arabic, 1600 BC - AD 2000)
- Tadmuru (Akkadian, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Θαδάμορα (Thadamora: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Palmyra connection Strata Diocletiana (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Al-Lat at Palmyra at Palmyra (330 BC - AD 640)
- Theatre of Palmyra at Palmyra (unspecified date range)
- Camp of Diocletian at Palmyra at Palmyra (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Nabu at Palmyra at Palmyra (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Ba'al at Palmyra at Palmyra (unspecified date range)
- Agora of Palmyra at Palmyra (unspecified date range)
urban area, oasis, settlement, station (road or coastal)
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Andrade 2013
- 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 2014
- Edwell 2008
- Gawlikowski 2010
- Ingholt 1936
- Kropp 2016
- Meyer et al. 2016
- Michałowski et al. 1960-1984
- New Pauly, Palmyra
- PECS (Perseus), PALMYRA (Tadmor) Syria
- Pollard 2000
- Sculptures of Palmyra
- Ships of the Desert and Ships of the Sea
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), PALMYRA
- Smith 2013
- Starcky 1985 33-36
- Stark 1971
- The ruins of Palmyra 1753
- ToposText Palmyra (Syria)
- UNESCO World Heritage List, Site of Palmyra
- Veyne 2017
- Wiegand 1932
- Wikidata Q5747
- Wikipedia (English) Palmyra
- Will 1992 30-46
- Related:
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, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, David Michelson, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Thomas Carlson, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Palmyra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668331> [accessed: 30 March 2020]
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