Palmyrene temples

E727453

ancient religious sanctuary archaeological site type

Palmyrene temples were ancient religious sanctuaries in the city of Palmyra, Syria, notable for their blend of Greco-Roman and Near Eastern architectural and religious traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Palmyrene temples canonical	1
Temple of the Sun at Emesa	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient religious sanctuary ⓘ archaeological site type ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greco-Roman architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Near Eastern temple architecture ⓘ
culturalContext	Palmyrene civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Allat NERFINISHED ⓘ Arsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Baalshamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Bel (Palmyrene god) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabu NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature	Greek inscriptions ⓘ cella (inner sanctuary) ⓘ decorated entablatures ⓘ inscriptions in Palmyrene Aramaic ⓘ large columned courtyards ⓘ monumental propylaea ⓘ
floruit	1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century CE ⓘ
function	civic ceremonies ⓘ processional rituals ⓘ religious worship ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage context (Palmyra) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Hellenistic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Levantine religious architecture ⓘ Mesopotamian religious architecture ⓘ Roman provincial architecture ⓘ
integratedIn	urban plan of Palmyra ⓘ
locatedIn	Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	local limestone ⓘ
notableExample	Temple of Allat (Palmyra) NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Arsu (Palmyra) NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Baalshamin (Palmyra) NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Bel (Palmyra) NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Nabu (Palmyra) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ancient city of Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Semitic religion ⓘ polytheism ⓘ
significance	example of cultural syncretism ⓘ important for study of Roman Syria ⓘ key evidence for Palmyrene religion ⓘ
studiedBy	Near Eastern archaeologists ⓘ classical archaeologists ⓘ
sufferedDestruction	ISIL iconoclasm ⓘ Syrian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
underEmpire	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allat → worshipCenter → Palmyrene temples ⓘ

Julia Domna → cultAssociation → Palmyrene temples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of the Sun at Emesa