Some of the women named in the inscriptions appear to have come from the family of the governors of Dura-Europos. A number of other inscriptions date from AD 69. There is an inscription from the first half of the first century AD that mentions the consecration of a chapel. Otherwise, a striking number of inscriptions in the temple, some of which were scratched into the walls, were made by women. A visitor's inscription in Hatran (an Aramaic language) is addressed to the god of the city of Hatra named Šamaš. Various inscriptions by ancient visitors tell of the people who visited the sanctuary the temple was frequented by people from Hatra. The alley that runs between the Temple and the House is believed to have supported an upper floor connecting the two buildings, and a barricaded doorway has been found between the two buildings, implying that the residents were affiliated with the Temple. These speculations have resulted in the adjoining building being named the House of Priests. The Temple used to share a wall with the building occupying the Southeast corner of block H2, which is believed to have been the living space for the Priests. Some of these rooms could have served as chapels for other deities, while other rooms were dining rooms for the cult community. There are various rooms around the courtyard, some of them with benches along the walls. There were also remains of wall paintings. Hadad and Adonis could also be worshipped here. The temple has a courtyard with a monumental entrance and three sanctuaries on the back wall as well as a pronaos in front of it. It is perhaps the main cult image in the temple. A cult standard is depicted between the two deities, above the lion on the left. A relief from the sanctuary of the temple shows the goddess Atargatis, with lions by both sides, accompanied by her husband Hadad. The cult building is close to the temple of Artemis Azzanathkona. The temple is located south of the center (referred to by the excavators as the agora) of the city and occupies the northeastern part of the H2 block. The temple was built in the first century AD, when the city was under Parthian rule, and excavated in 1928–1929 under the direction of Maurice Pillet. The Temple of Atargatis in Dura-Europos was one of the main temples of the city. Dura-Europos general excavations plan, Temple of Atargatis is marked as H2 Relief from the Temple of Atargatis
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