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great church in the middle of the city built ex novo (currently exca~
vated by G. Majcherek) and the church in a Late Roman building (ex~
cavated by M. Gawlikowski), there were in Palmyra other churches
installed in well known pagan temples, their ruins still making a great
impression on yisitors. Although the church in the Baalshamin Tem-
pie is ąuestioned nowadays, the existence of a church in Beks Tempie
is well evidenced by the presence of modest remains of Christian fres-
cos preserved on the inner walls of the tempie. The traditional 6th
century dating of these paintings is not certain, but probable, and
their old interpretation by J. Leroy should certainly be revised. In any
case, the church in Beks Tempie was abandoned in the 8th century
(Islamie graffito from 723). In the 12th century, this ex-temple and ex-
church was transformed into a mosąue.
Karol Juchniewicz
Late Roman fortifications in Palmyra
The aim of the paper is to present a new approach to the chronology
of the Late Roman fortifications in Palmyra. Aspects like construction
methods, use of materiał from older structures, technical issues con-
nected with incorporating tombs into the defense system of the city
are compared with the historical and political situation of Late
Roman Palmyra in an effort to understand the meaning and purpose
of the wali. A new and morę accurate chronology of the Palmyra de-
fenses was established based on a new approach to ancient written
sources coupled with archeological data derived from an examination
of many elements of the Late Roman fortifications.
Palmyra
Diocletian
Late Roman period
fortification
chronology
Michaela Konrad
Burial archaeology and the evidencefor settlement in the steppe area in the Late Roman provinces
of Syria and Arabia
Resafa is one of the few sites in Syria where systematic fieldwork
sińce 1986, conducted by the German Archaeological Institute, has
permitted insight into the topography and development of the an-
cient frontier post. This remote site with roots in the middle of the lst
century AD changed fundamentally following the martyrdom of
St. Sergius around AD 312, when it ąuickly became a center for pil-
grimages to the saint's tomb. Recent excavations in the cemetery
north of the town identified the northern necropolis, extending along-
side the military road from Palmyra to the Euphrates, as the oldest
cemetery on site, going back to at least the 3rd century fort. The
tombs, which were for the most part rock-cut with a covering of stone
slabs, point to a strong local element present in the burial customs.
Discussed within a broader frame of the sepulchral culture of the
steppe-desert in Syria and Jordan, they reveal a striking correspon-
dence between tomb type and burial customs all along the Late
Roman frontier. Furthermore, there is evidence at Resafa that arcoso-
lia emerged in a separate cemetery only after the site had undergone
massive urbanization as a holy site.
Late Roman Syria
tombs
burial customs
Roman cemetery
Roman desert frontier
393
Studia Palmyreńskie XII
great church in the middle of the city built ex novo (currently exca~
vated by G. Majcherek) and the church in a Late Roman building (ex~
cavated by M. Gawlikowski), there were in Palmyra other churches
installed in well known pagan temples, their ruins still making a great
impression on yisitors. Although the church in the Baalshamin Tem-
pie is ąuestioned nowadays, the existence of a church in Beks Tempie
is well evidenced by the presence of modest remains of Christian fres-
cos preserved on the inner walls of the tempie. The traditional 6th
century dating of these paintings is not certain, but probable, and
their old interpretation by J. Leroy should certainly be revised. In any
case, the church in Beks Tempie was abandoned in the 8th century
(Islamie graffito from 723). In the 12th century, this ex-temple and ex-
church was transformed into a mosąue.
Karol Juchniewicz
Late Roman fortifications in Palmyra
The aim of the paper is to present a new approach to the chronology
of the Late Roman fortifications in Palmyra. Aspects like construction
methods, use of materiał from older structures, technical issues con-
nected with incorporating tombs into the defense system of the city
are compared with the historical and political situation of Late
Roman Palmyra in an effort to understand the meaning and purpose
of the wali. A new and morę accurate chronology of the Palmyra de-
fenses was established based on a new approach to ancient written
sources coupled with archeological data derived from an examination
of many elements of the Late Roman fortifications.
Palmyra
Diocletian
Late Roman period
fortification
chronology
Michaela Konrad
Burial archaeology and the evidencefor settlement in the steppe area in the Late Roman provinces
of Syria and Arabia
Resafa is one of the few sites in Syria where systematic fieldwork
sińce 1986, conducted by the German Archaeological Institute, has
permitted insight into the topography and development of the an-
cient frontier post. This remote site with roots in the middle of the lst
century AD changed fundamentally following the martyrdom of
St. Sergius around AD 312, when it ąuickly became a center for pil-
grimages to the saint's tomb. Recent excavations in the cemetery
north of the town identified the northern necropolis, extending along-
side the military road from Palmyra to the Euphrates, as the oldest
cemetery on site, going back to at least the 3rd century fort. The
tombs, which were for the most part rock-cut with a covering of stone
slabs, point to a strong local element present in the burial customs.
Discussed within a broader frame of the sepulchral culture of the
steppe-desert in Syria and Jordan, they reveal a striking correspon-
dence between tomb type and burial customs all along the Late
Roman frontier. Furthermore, there is evidence at Resafa that arcoso-
lia emerged in a separate cemetery only after the site had undergone
massive urbanization as a holy site.
Late Roman Syria
tombs
burial customs
Roman cemetery
Roman desert frontier
393
Studia Palmyreńskie XII