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defined in this context and so were the tracks that led to the city,
Crossing or bypassing it. A morphological study of Palmyra's urban
environment (obstacles and lines of least effort) provides grounds for
a reconstruction, taking into consideration recognizable archeological
traces and tracks left by caravans, the military and less specifically
identified travelers. Special attention was devoted to tracking meet-
ing places, which define by their grouping areas where caravans un-
loaded their cargo in a peri-urban zonę that we propose to cali
a caravanoport.
Khalil al-Hariri
The tomb of Aqraban
In 2007, a new hypogeum was accidentally discovered in the South-
west Necropolis. Identified on the basis of epigraphic finds as the
tomb of Aąraban, it presented a typical plan featuring a large central
gallery ending in an exedra and four lateral ones. The ensuing exca-
yations undertaken by the Palmyra Museum staff resulted in discov-
ering a number of objects: inscribed stelae, banąuet slabs and
sarcophagi. The tomb yielded also a vast cołlection of typical grave
goods: terracotta lamps, glass yessels and pottery. The most remark-
able discovery was a glass cinerary urn; it is the first known instance
of cremation in Palmyra.
Palmyra
Southwest Necropolis
hypogeum
stelae
banąuet slabs
cinerary urn
Agnes Henning
lite tower tombs of Palmyra: chronology, architecture and decoration
The article deals with the tower tombs of Palmyra, a major group of
architectural monuments in the ancient oasis town. About 180 towers,
mainly from the lst century AD, can still be traced. The Palmyrene
tower tombs represented a local type of construction influenced by
traditions and corresponding to a fixed canon. The contribution pres-
ents the chronological development of this tomb category and gives
an overview of the broad yariety of decoration. A distinct change of
architecture, building techniąues and furnishing can be obseryed in
the second half of the lst century AD, a time when the Palmyrenes
formed an urban society, which they referred to as polis. Thus, the
tower tombs illustrate the process of Palmyra's introduction to the
world of Roman ideas and thinking, which had proceeded slowly at
first and which accelerated significantly in the second half of the lst
century AD.
Palmyra
architectural decor
funerary sculpture
loculi
necropolis
sareophagus
tower tomb
wali painting
Elżbieta Jastrzębowska
Christianisation of Palmyra: Early Byzantine Church in the tempie ofBel
According to archaeological evidence (twin churches excavated by Palmyra
M. Gawlikowski), the famous Roman frontier oasis city in the churches
province of Syria was Christianized already in the 5th century, but Christian frescoes
its Christian revitalization took place in the 6th century. This was due BeTs tempie
to an extensive restoration program attributed to the emperor Justin-
ian (city walls, inscriptions and other written sources). Besides the
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Studia Palmyreńskie XII
defined in this context and so were the tracks that led to the city,
Crossing or bypassing it. A morphological study of Palmyra's urban
environment (obstacles and lines of least effort) provides grounds for
a reconstruction, taking into consideration recognizable archeological
traces and tracks left by caravans, the military and less specifically
identified travelers. Special attention was devoted to tracking meet-
ing places, which define by their grouping areas where caravans un-
loaded their cargo in a peri-urban zonę that we propose to cali
a caravanoport.
Khalil al-Hariri
The tomb of Aqraban
In 2007, a new hypogeum was accidentally discovered in the South-
west Necropolis. Identified on the basis of epigraphic finds as the
tomb of Aąraban, it presented a typical plan featuring a large central
gallery ending in an exedra and four lateral ones. The ensuing exca-
yations undertaken by the Palmyra Museum staff resulted in discov-
ering a number of objects: inscribed stelae, banąuet slabs and
sarcophagi. The tomb yielded also a vast cołlection of typical grave
goods: terracotta lamps, glass yessels and pottery. The most remark-
able discovery was a glass cinerary urn; it is the first known instance
of cremation in Palmyra.
Palmyra
Southwest Necropolis
hypogeum
stelae
banąuet slabs
cinerary urn
Agnes Henning
lite tower tombs of Palmyra: chronology, architecture and decoration
The article deals with the tower tombs of Palmyra, a major group of
architectural monuments in the ancient oasis town. About 180 towers,
mainly from the lst century AD, can still be traced. The Palmyrene
tower tombs represented a local type of construction influenced by
traditions and corresponding to a fixed canon. The contribution pres-
ents the chronological development of this tomb category and gives
an overview of the broad yariety of decoration. A distinct change of
architecture, building techniąues and furnishing can be obseryed in
the second half of the lst century AD, a time when the Palmyrenes
formed an urban society, which they referred to as polis. Thus, the
tower tombs illustrate the process of Palmyra's introduction to the
world of Roman ideas and thinking, which had proceeded slowly at
first and which accelerated significantly in the second half of the lst
century AD.
Palmyra
architectural decor
funerary sculpture
loculi
necropolis
sareophagus
tower tomb
wali painting
Elżbieta Jastrzębowska
Christianisation of Palmyra: Early Byzantine Church in the tempie ofBel
According to archaeological evidence (twin churches excavated by Palmyra
M. Gawlikowski), the famous Roman frontier oasis city in the churches
province of Syria was Christianized already in the 5th century, but Christian frescoes
its Christian revitalization took place in the 6th century. This was due BeTs tempie
to an extensive restoration program attributed to the emperor Justin-
ian (city walls, inscriptions and other written sources). Besides the
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