Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos

The Temple of Adonis in Dura-Europos was discovered by a French-American expedition of Yale University led by Michael Rostovtzeff and was excavated between 1931 and 1934.

It takes up half an insula (city block), with the surrounding residential buildings forming the boundaries of the temenos.

Two reliefs were found here, one depicting either Atargatis or Tyche, and the other of the god Arsu riding a camel.

On 24 September 175, Gorpiaeus Thaesamsus dedicated an altar with an inscription which explicitly named Adonis.

[3] In 181/182 (year 493 of the Seleucid era, which is employed by all the sanctuary's inscriptions), two people called Solaeas and Boubaues erected a peristyle and a wine cellar.