Life in Palmyra, Life for Palmyra: Conference in Memory of Khaled Al-as'ad, Warsaw, April 21st-22nd, 2016 (Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series, 64)

The contributors to this publication met in Warsaw in 2016 to remember Khaled al-As'ad, a mutual friend whose tragic demise the year before in his native Palmyra, in front of the Museum that he had directed for forty years, became a tragic testimonial to fanaticism and a barbaric destruction of civilization. The conference Life in Palmyra, Life for Palmyra, which brought together an international group of more than thirty scholars, and the publication, which is the result of this meeting, became a tribute to Khaled al-As?ad and his life's work. The papers offered here cover a wide range of topics related to Palmyra and its vicinity, spanning a period from the Paleolithic to the Byzantine. Supplementing the volume are some personal messages and reflections, and the score and a recording of Tadmor, a sonata for viola and violoncello composed specially for this occasion. Also included in this volume is the text of the Warsaw Declaration, passed unanimously by members of a round table organized ad hoc at the conference, which coincided with the liberation of Palmyra from ISIS in March 2016. In this document scholars formulated the convictions of the research community regarding the restoration priorities to be implemented in the near future at this important and unique archaeological site. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 CONTENTS 6 ΕΙΣ ΤΕΙΜΗΝ ΑΙΩΝΙΑΝΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΠΑΝΤΕΛΕΣ 10 RÉSOLUTION UNANIME DES PARTICIPANTS À LA CONFÉRENCE 12 LIST OF THE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND GUESTS 14 LIFE IN PALMYRA, LIFE FOR PALMYRA CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF KHALED AL-ASꜥAD (1934–2015) WARSAW 2016 APRIL 21ST–22ND 16 TADMOR HOMAGE TO KHALED AL-ASꜤAD SONATA FOR VIOLA AND CELLO (2016) 18 A MESSAGE FROM WALID KHALED AL-ASꜤAD 26 A MESSAGE FROM FAIRUZ KHALED AL-ASꜤAD 28 ABBREVIATIONS 30 EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE WITH HIM, NOTHING WAS POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIM T HE END OF AN ERA IN PALMYRA 34 INTRODUCTION AUX TRAVAUX DE ROBERT DU MESNIL DU BUISSON À PALMYRE* 56 LES PHASES ANCIENNES DU TEMPLE DE BÊL D’APRÈS LES ARCHIVES DE ROBERT DU MESNIL DU BUISSON ET LES TRAVAUX DE LA MISSION SYRIENNE 76 PALMYRE ET LE NÉOPLATONISME : UN MOMENT DE GRANDE CULTURE 110 PORTRAIT ET SOCIÉTÉ À PALMYRE* 120 THE MONUMENTAL ARCH OF PALMYRA 138 PALMYRENE CURSIVE AND EVERYDAY WRITING AT PALMYRA 154 UNITY IN DIVERSITY? A NOTE ON THE CO-EXISTENCE OF DIFFERENT STYLES IN PALMYRENE SCULPTURE 174 THE SYRO-AMERICAN EXPEDITIONS IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE BEL TEMPLE AND THE EFQA SPRING (2008–2011). NEW TESSERAE FROM PALMYRA* 196 THE LOST JEWELS OF PALMYRA 236 GODS AT BANQUET. A NEW EARLY MONUMENT FROM PALMYRA 252 EINE PALMYRENERIN IN BERLIN. ZU EINEM PORTRÄTKOPF AUS PALMYRA IN DER SAMMLUNG DES WINCKELMANN-INSTITUTS DER HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT 268 DISTRIBUTION OF SANCTUARIES WITHIN THE CITY OF PALMYRA AND THEIR ROLE IN THE CITY’S SACRED LIFE 280 THE RIDER GODS OF THE PALMYRENA* 294 À PROPOS DE L’ANONYMAT DES DIEUX À PALMYRE* 308 LE PALÉOLITHIQUE DE LA RÉGION DE PALMYRE 316 A CHANGING LANDSCAPE. CHURCHES IN THE URBAN CONTEXT OF LATE ANTIQUE PALMYRA 340 A RECLINING FEMALE NUDE FROM PALMYRA. REVISITING THE PALMYRA COLLECTION AT THE NY CARLSBERG GLYPTOTEK* 362 OFFERING OF WATER TO THE DEAD IN PALMYRA* 382 ODAINATH AUX DEUX VISAGES 398 PALMYRE : PILLAGE D’UN SITE D’HIER À AUJOURD’HUI 406 ÜBER EINE NEUE TOPOGRAPHISCHE KARTE FÜR DAS ANTIKE PALMYRA (ABB. 1) 418 PALMYRE : DE L’EAU DANS LA STEPPE SYRIENNE 436 FIRMUS OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE TRADE OF PALMYRA* 522 SOL – VICTORIA – BAALSHAMÎN. 530 AU DÉCOR FIGURÉ DU TEMPLE DE BAALSHAMÎN À PALMYRE* 530 EINE BRONZESTATUETTE DES HERAKLES AUS PALMYRA* 542 WHEN ARCHITECTURE MEETS ART. THE CASE OF THE EARLY ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FROM THE SANCTUARY OF ALLAT 584 PROJETS ACTUELS SUR L’ÉPIGRAPHIE DE PALMYRE 596 THREADS AND TRADE. SILKS FROM PALMYRA IN THE GLOCAL CONTEXT* 608 EN GUISE DE CONCLUSION* 634