Tower 11

tower · 100 BC – 199 AD

Rectangular defensive tower externally added to the western defensive circuit wall around the city of Dura-Europos and intended to cover a junction between stone and mudbrick curtain wall near the city's northwest corner. Built ca. 150 BCE, the city's fortifications were breached in 256 CE and went out of use thereafter.

Tower 11
Coordinates
34.74413, 40.72972
Dating
attested

Sources

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