Dura-Europos synagogue

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:synagogue
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Roman
gptkbp:builtIn 244 CE
gptkbp:condition ruins
gptkbp:country gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:currentLocationOfPaintings gptkb:National_Museum_of_Damascus
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:Abraham
gptkb:David
gptkb:Elijah
gptkb:Moses
gptkb:Solomon
gptkb:Aaron
gptkb:Esther
gptkb:Ezekiel
gptkb:Isaac
gptkb:Samuel
gptkb:Temple_of_Jerusalem
biblical scenes
gptkbp:destroyedBy 256 CE
gptkbp:directionA toward Jerusalem
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1932
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Inscriptions_and_Letters
gptkbp:features gptkb:frescoes
concert hall
women's gallery
bimah
Torah niche
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Seleucids
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dura-Europos synagogue
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dura-Europos
gptkbp:material gptkb:painting
plaster
mud brick
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:Dura-Europos_church
gptkb:Mithraeum_of_Dura-Europos
gptkbp:notableFor wall paintings
gptkbp:numberOfFloors rectangular
gptkbp:numberOfWallPaintings over 50
gptkbp:openToPublic no (site is not open to public)
gptkbp:partOf Dura-Europos archaeological site
gptkbp:preservedIn burial under sand after city destruction
gptkbp:region gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:significance earliest extensive biblical art in a synagogue
evidence of Jewish life in Roman Syria
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list yes
gptkbp:usedBy Jewish community of Dura-Europos
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dura-Europos,_Syria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6