PALMYRA. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FORTY-FIFTH SEASONOF EXCAVATIONS
PALMYRA. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FORTY-FIFTH SEASONOF EXCAVATIONS

Summary/Abstract: A return to the Diocletian Camp, where the Allat sanctuary is situated, was necessitated by work on the final publication of the temple and the need to check certain points raised in the meantime. The aim of the short season was to complete and extend soundings started there in 2005 and 2006, but it also brought completely new discoveries. A rectangular stone foundation unearthed in the northwestern corner of the temple temenos attests to the existence of a building, probably another chapel, during the archaic phase of the Allat sanctuary. The mission also worked in the sector of the cathedral, where the northern church, or Basilica IV, was probed in order to prepare the program of excavations for the next season of work. In the meantime, the mission’s restorers finished the treatment of a collection of Sasanian coins, four new sculptures and a lintel with the inscription of Odainat, all of which enriched the exhibition halls in the Palmyra Museum.

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