Palmyra Road--Leading from Damascus to Tadmor, the City Solomon Built in the Desert

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.4 x 17.6 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A road with electric/telephone lines at the side.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Proverbs, i:1.)--Solomon inherited from his father David a vast kingdom. His dominion stretched from the river Euphrates to the Mediterranean Sea, south to the river of Egypt, and north to near where the city of Aleppo now stands. Damascus was within his territory, and he built Palmyra, called Tadmor, in his day. This is a city in the wilderness, and that Solomon built it we learn from I.Kings, ix: 18, and II. Chronicles, viii:4. Tadmor is between the Euphrates and Hamath, and is situated in an oasis of the desert. The celebrated Queen Zenobia had her capital and home in Palmyra. She built up a mighty kingdom which rivaled and defied the Roman power. She was captured and brought to Rome by the emperor Aurelian, A.D. 273. We give here as illustrating this first chapter of Proverbs, written by Solomon, a picture of a road leading out from Damascus to Tadmor, the city he built."; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)