The National Museum of Damascus is the paintings' custodian institution, holding the reconstructed synagogue since the 1930s, and this page is drawn from the museum's own published virtual collection account. Its strength is direct custodial knowledge of the reconstructed interior and its display history. Its limit is that it is a public facing museum page rather than a peer reviewed study, so it is cited here for custody, display and preservation facts rather than for the scholarly analysis of the paintings' subject matter, which draws on Kraeling instead.
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The National Museum of Damascus's own published virtual collection account, the museum being the custodian institution holding the reconstructed Dura Europos synagogue paintings since the 1930s, the top tier reflecting direct custodial knowledge of the reconstructed interior and its display history, notwithstanding that it is a public facing museum page rather than a peer reviewed study, so it is cited here for custody, display and preservation facts rather than for the scholarly analysis of the paintings' subject matter. NotesThe custodian museum's own published account of the reconstructed synagogue it holds and protected through the Syrian civil war.
Citation
AuthorBisher, Syrian Virtual Museum (Mirath Initiative for Cultural Heritage)
PublisherNational Museum of Damascus
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://virtual-museum-syria.org/damascus/the-synagogue-of-dura-europos/
Source Typecustodian record
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyNational Museum of Damascus
Custodian BasisThe museum has held the reconstructed synagogue since the 1930s and safeguarded it through the Syrian civil war.
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This source names Damascus directly: "The National Museum of Damascus is the paintings' custodian institution, holding the reconstructed synagogue since the 1930s, and this page is drawn from the museum's own published virtual..."
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This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 12 claims: 11 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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