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Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102).

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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt

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Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102).

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Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102).
Names
Johnstone, J. (Wood-engraver)
Fenn, Harry (1838-1911) (Artist)
Collection

Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1881 - 1884
Place: New York
Publisher: D. Appleton
Library locations
Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: *PWC+ (Wilson, C. W. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. 1881)
Topics
Bedouins
Campfires
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Syria -- Tadmur
Tents -- Syria -- Tadmur
Tadmur (Syria)
Genres
Prints
Illustrations
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 17.5 x 16.5 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG794840631-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10607452
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 05b69d90-c5f3-012f-9013-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1881: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102)." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881 - 1884. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5f06-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102)." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 17, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5f06-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1881 - 1884). Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102). Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5f06-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Ruined tombs, Palmyra, in the Wâdy el Kûbûr. The largest one, on the right, is eighty feet high. There is an inscription on it which states that it was built as a family tomb by Elabelos, in the Seleucian year 414 (A.D. 102).