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Palmyrene Culture (western Graeco-Roman (hellenistic) (architecture (grand…
Palmyrene Culture
western Graeco-Roman (hellenistic)
architecture
grand colonnade
X. Liu "375 corinthian columns which lined each side of this avenue"
monumental arch
food and drink
language
tariff stone
source H - bilingual inscriptions found at Palmyra
source H - A bilingual inscription found on a column in Palmyra
art and iconography
funerary art + banquet scenes (source H)
source H - a limestone relief depicting a frontal style banquet scene found in a family
bust of odaenathus with laurel wreath - graeco roman symbol of power and triumph (Source A)
religion
gods depicted with Graeco-Roman influence
shadrafa (near eastern god) wearing roman military dress
currency
coins found at Palmyra
source E - roman denarius used in Palmyra depicting Valabathus and Roman Emperor Aurelius
descriptive words
influenced
fusion
intertwined
blended
syncretistic
eastern parthian + near eastern
religion
triad of semitic gods
source G - limestone sculpture of the triad of Near-Eastern gods
clothing
jewellery
Source C - a funerary statue of a Palmyrene woman wearing Parthian styled jewellery
art and iconography
frontal facing funerary statues (source H)
representation of phrygian cap
Source D - carved sculpture of Palmyrene wearing a Phrygian cap
asian (eastern) influence from the silk road trade
clothing
X. Liu "many silk textiles from Han China reached this site"
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Paragraph 1: western Graeco-Roman influence Paragraph 2: eastern parthian influence
Paragraph 1: Art and iconography Paragraph 2: religion and language
Paragraph 1: western graeco-roman and eastern culture Paragraph 2: retention of semitic cultures
Paragraph 1: Western Graeco-Roman influence Paragraph 2: Eastern Parthian influence Paragraph 3: synthesis