Kalybe (temple)
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kalybe-temple-164-1174792
title:
Kalybe (temple)
text:
A kalybe is a type of temple found in the eastern Roman Empire dating from the 1st century and after. They were intended to serve as a "public facade or stage-setting, solely for the display of statuary." "[T]hey were essentially stage-sets for ritual enacted in front of them." The kalybe has been associated with the Roman imperial cult. The first kalybe to be identified as a distinct type was in Umm Iz-Zetun, described by Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé in 1867. Together with the temple he found two G
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description:
Roman imperial cult temple in the East
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalybe_(temple)
date created:
2020-10-26T04:57:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T18:31:31Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Kalybe_Umm_Iz_Zetum.png","width":531,"height":304}
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