Tower 17

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Anne Chen

Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Keith Jenkins, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Nov 08, 2024 09:33 AM — History

tags: YDEA project

Rectangular defensive tower located on the western side of the defensive circuit walls around the city of Dura-Europos. Built ca. 150 BCE, the city's fortifications were breached in 256 CE and went out of use thereafter.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/980015047

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.7455741324, 40.7275599499

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Plan location of Tower 17 (100 BC - AD 199) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Tower 17 makes connections with:

Tower 17 part of (physical/topographic) City Wall of Dura-Europos (unspecified date range)

Tower 17 receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tower (wall)

References:

See Further:

Baird 2018 p. 20

Related:

Wikidata Tower 17, Dura-Europos (Q108073684)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Anne Chen, Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Keith Jenkins, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Tower 17: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/980015047> [accessed: 16 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

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