Synagogue in the Agora of Athens
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The Synagogue in the Agora of Athens an ancient synagogue located in the Ancient Agora of Athens
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During an excavation in the summer of 1977, a piece of Pentelic marble apparently once part of a curvilinear preize over a doorway or niche was discovered a few meters from the northeast corner of the Metroon
. The marble fragment is incised with the images of a seven-branched Menorah and a Lulav
, palm branch. The synagogue is thought to date from the period between 267 and 396 CE.
Ancient Agora of Athens
The Ancient Agora of Athens is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and is bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Colonus Agoraeus.-History:The agora in Athens had private housing, until it...
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During an excavation in the summer of 1977, a piece of Pentelic marble apparently once part of a curvilinear preize over a doorway or niche was discovered a few meters from the northeast corner of the Metroon
Metroon
Metroon was the name given to a building dedicated to the mother goddess, Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter, in Ancient Greece.- Agora, Athens :...
. The marble fragment is incised with the images of a seven-branched Menorah and a Lulav
Lulav
The Lulav is a closed frond of the date palm tree. It is one of the arba'ah minim used in the morning prayer services during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot...
, palm branch. The synagogue is thought to date from the period between 267 and 396 CE.