Iaat
34°3′58.36″N 36°9′15.52″E / 34.0662111°N 36.1543111°E
Iaat
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Coordinates: 34°02′17″N 36°10′28″E / 34.038023°N 36.174451°E | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Baalbek-Hermel |
District | Baalbek |
Iaat (
History
Ottoman tax registers between 1533 and 1548 indicate the village had 180 households and 4 bachelors, all Muslims.[1]
In 1838,
minority.Iaat column
The column stands 18 meters[3] (59.1 feet) and is installed on a four-step base. The location of the Pillar is 4 miles (6 km) northwest of the Baalbek ruins, between the towns of Baalbek and Chlifa. At one point, a plaque was installed on the northern side of the monument. However, it has been removed and no other history is known of the column. The column is believed in local legend to be related to Helena, mother of Constantine I.[4][5]
The British scholar George F. Taylor classified it among a group of temples of the Beqaa Valley and noticed that the position of the Iaat column was equidistant between the temples of Baalbek and Qasr el Banat. Whilst technically not being a temple, Taylor suggested that the column might have been placed by the Romans where it is as a victory column to mark the site of a great ancient battle. He also noted a cartouche on the sixth cylinder of the column.[6]
See also
- Heliopolis in Phoenicia
- Qasr el Banat
- Roman Phoenicia
References
- ^ Khalife, Issam (2004). The Districts of Lebanon in The 16th Century (in Arabic). p. 126.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 145
- ^ Iaat, Lebanon.Com
- ISBN 978-3-88618-105-6. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-3-11-004989-3. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Taylor, G.F. (1967). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
Bibliography
External links
- Iaat at localiban.org
- Iaat at cartage.org.lb (archived link)
- Iaat at middleeast.com