Iaat

Iaat

إيعات
Iaat إيعات
Town
	A photograph of the column from the first quarter of the 20th century
	Iaat Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 34°02′17″N 36°10′28″E / 34.038023°N 36.174451°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Baalbek-Hermel
District	Baalbek

34°3′58.36″N 36°9′15.52″E / 34.0662111°N 36.1543111°E / 34.0662111; 36.1543111

Iaat (Arabic: إيعات also transliterated as Ya'ad, Yaad, Yaat, or Iaad) is a town and municipality located approximately 5 kilometers northwest of Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. The town is famed for its Corinthian column, the Iaat column. This is a single column of unknown date (but probably dated from Roman times), approximately halfway between Baalbek and Qasr el Banat, with a cartouche on the 6th drum but no inscription.

History

Ottoman tax registers between 1533 and 1548 indicate the village had 180 households and 4 bachelors, all Muslims.^[1]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Ei'at as a Metawileh village in the Baalbek District.^[2] The town also has a Christian 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]

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
^ Nelles Verlag (1 December 1999). Syria Lebanon. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-3-88618-105-6. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
^ Daniel Krencker; Willy Zschietzschmann (1938). Römische Tempel in Syrien. W. de Gruyter. 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

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

[1] Khalife, Issam (2004). The Districts of Lebanon in The 16th Century (in Arabic). p. 126.

[2] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 145

[3] Iaat, Lebanon.Com

[Verlag1999-4] Nelles Verlag (1 December 1999). Syria Lebanon. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-3-88618-105-6. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[KrenckerZschietzschmann1938-5] Daniel Krencker; Willy Zschietzschmann (1938). Römische Tempel in Syrien. W. de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-004989-3. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[Taylor1967-6] Taylor, G.F. (1967). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

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v t e Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
Capital: Baalbek
Towns and villages	Ain Ainata Arsal Baalbek Barka Bednayel Bechwat Beit Chama - Aaqidiyeh Brital Btadhi Bodai Chaat Chlifa Chmestar - Gharbi Baalbeck Deir el Ahmar Douriss Fakiha - Jdeydeh Fleweh Hadath Baalbek Hallanieh Harbata Hizzine Hlabta Hosh Barada Hosh el Rafika Hosh Snid Haouch Tall Safiyeh Iaat Jabbouleh Janta Jebaa Jdeide Kfar Dane Kasarnaba Khodr Khraibeh Kneisseh Laat Labweh Majdloun Mikna Nabi Chit Nabi Othman Nahleh Qaa Qarha Ram - Jbenniyeh Ras Baalbek Ras el Hadis Saayde Seriine el Fawka Seriine el Tahta Talya Taraya Taybeh Temnin el Fawka Temnine Et Tahta Tfail Wadi Faara Yammouneh Younine
Other	Ard Tlaili Jabal es Saaïdé

v t e Roman archaeological sites in Lebanon
Roman Berytus (actual Beirut)	Berytus ¹ Roman Forum of Berytus Berytus Roman Baths Cisterns of Berytus Baths Berytus Cardo Decumanus Berytus Colonnaded street Byzantine mosaics Roman hippodrome of Berytus Roman Law school of Berytus
Roman Phoenicia (actual Lebanon)	Heliopolis Temple of Bacchus Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek) Temples of Mount Hermon Temples of the Beqaa Valley Aaqbe temple Afqa Ain Aata temple Ain Harcha roman temple Amioun Monastery Arca Caesarea Augusti Pagus Bakka temple Batroumine Bziza temple Canalizations of Zenobia Dakoue temple Mansourieh Roman aqueduct Hebbariye temple Iaat column Kafr Zabad temples Khirbet El-Knese roman temples Labweh Roman temple Libbaya roman temple Monastery of Qozhaya Monastery of Saint Maron Nahle roman temple Nebi Safa temple Niha Hosn Niha Qalaat Faqra Qal'at Bustra temple Castra Chbib Castra El Banat Saraain El Faouqa Schleem roman temple Colonia Aurelia Pia "Sidon" Temnin el-Foka nymphaeum Tripolis in Phoenicia Tyrus ¹ Tyre Necropolis Roman temple to Venus in Yammoune
Related	Roman Lebanon Phoenice (Roman province) Palaestina Secunda Phoenice Libanensis Stone of the Pregnant Woman Ulpianus Marcus Valerius Probus Eudokia of Heliopolis Saint Barbara of Heliopolis Coele-Syria List of Christian cathedrals in Lebanon Christianity in Lebanon Catholic Church in Lebanon Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral 2nd century in Lebanon 3rd century in Lebanon 4th century in Lebanon 5th century in Lebanon 6th century in Lebanon 551 Beirut earthquake
¹ UNESCO World Heritage Sites ² Proposed Category:Roman sites in Lebanon

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Iaat column

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