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Dura-Europos Synagogue

Jewish house of prayer in the ancient city of Dura-Europos, Syria, begun as a private house converted into a meeting place for the Jewish community between 165 and 200 CE. It was enlarged and decorated in 244/45 CE, dated by an Aramaic inscription; its original wall paintings went to the National Museum in Damascus.

Dated events and their evidence

• 165 CE mainstream
  private house converted into a meeting place for the Jewish community (between 165 and 200 CE) source
• 244 CE mainstream
  enlarged and decorated, dated by an Aramaic inscription to 244/45 CE source

Where

34.7475° N, 40.7271° E

Wikidata coordinate of the synagogue (Q1577089); no other source gives the building itself. The city point on Syriaca.org (34.7479, 40.7300) is about 270 m away.

Sources

• https://duraeuropos.artgallery.yale.edu/Synagogue
• https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/dura-europos

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