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The oldest original synagogue building in the Diaspora: the Delos synagogue reconsidered
Hesperia, Fall, 2004 by Monika Trumper
TABLE 1. DIMENSIONS OF COLONNADES OF PORTICOES AND PERISTYLES
Bottom Diameter
Building of Columns (m)
Portique de Philippe (GD 3) 0.91
Portique d'Antigone (GD 29) 0.71
Agora des Italiens (GD 52) 0.57-0.59
Etablissement des Poseidoniastes 0.64-0.66
(GD 57)
Maison des comediens (GD 59B) 0.46
Maison de la colline (GD 60) 0.53-0.55
Maison des dauphins (GD 111) 0.52-0.55
Maison du trident 0.52-0.53
(Rhodian peristyle, GD 118) 0.57-0.66
Maison de Cleopatre * (GD 119) 0.48
Maison du Dionysos (GD 120) 0.60-0.63
Height of Columns
Building Including Capital (m)
Portique de Philippe (GD 3) 5.92
Portique d'Antigone (GD 29) ?
Agora des Italiens (GD 52) 3.86
Etablissement des Poseidoniastes 4.96
(GD 57)
Maison des comediens (GD 59B) 3.87
Maison de la colline (GD 60) 3.85 (without capital)
Maison des dauphins (GD 111) 4.08
Maison du trident 3.85?
(Rhodian peristyle, GD 118) 5.39?
Maison de Cleopatre * (GD 119) 3.78
Maison du Dionysos (GD 120) 5.60
Building Interaxial Span (m)
Portique de Philippe (GD 3) 3.35
Portique d'Antigone (GD 29) 2.53-2.92
Agora des Italiens (GD 52) 2.11-2.15?
Etablissement des Poseidoniastes 2.31-2.85
(GD 57)
Maison des comediens (GD 59B) 2.00-2.25
Maison de la colline (GD 60) 2.40-2.53
Maison des dauphins (GD 111) 2.15-2.24
Maison du trident 2.04-2.23
(Rhodian peristyle, GD 118) 1.85-2.19 (on elevated east side)
Maison de Cleopatre * (GD 119) 1.69, long sides
1.81, short sides
Maison du Dionysos (GD 120) 3.05-3.08, long sides
3.01-3.15, short sides
* Peristyle subsequently added to existing courtyard.
TABLE 2. PREVIOUS RECONSTRUCTIONS OF GD 80 BY PHASE
First Phase: Date,
Author Number of Phases Function, Arguments
Bruneau (1982) 3 second century B.C.;
synagogue questionable,
no alternative proposed;
none in favor of or
against synagogue
White (1987) 3 second century B.C.;
domestic building; none
Binder (1999) 2 second century B.C.;
cultic hall of pagan
association; architecture
(large hall, peristyle-
courtyard) in comparison
to meeting places such as
the Etablissement des
Poseidoniastes (GD 57)
Second Phase: Date, Third Phase: Date,
Author Function, Arguments Function, Arguments
Bruneau (1982) after 88 B.C.; Jewish after 88 B.C./second phase;
synagogue; inscriptions Jewish synagogue; like
and architecture (hall those of second phase and,
with three doorways, in addition, architecture
location, orientation (partition wall again, with
of hall toward east/ three doorways, benches,
Palestine in general, and throne in A and B,
reservoir as ritual bath) orientation of A toward
south/Jerusalem)
White (1987) before 88 B.C.; Jewish after 88 B.C./second phase;
(or Samaritan?) Jewish (or Samaritan?)
synagogue; mainly synagogue; like those of
inscriptions, furnishing second phase
with benches and throne
Binder (1999) after 88 B.C.; Samaritan
(rather than Jewish)
synagogue; mainly
inscriptions (not before
first century B.C.),
benches in A and B,
typical Jewish or
Samaritan ornaments on
furniture and
architectural elements,
throne, location by sea,
and equipment with water
basin for ritual washing,
subdivision of large hall
for segregation of sexes
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