Great Colonnade at Palmyra the colonnade, utilized three long segments instead of the short drums. The technique allowed for significantly faster construction at the time. The Corinthian columns were fitted with decorated brackets that bore dedicatory inscriptions. The brackets were used to hold bronze statues of important figures. Dedicatory inscriptions to Zenobia and Odaenathus dating to between 257 and 267 were discovered on columns set up in front of the theatre. Great Colonnade at Palmyra The Great Colonnade at Palmyra was the main colonnaded avenue in the ancient city of Palmyra in the Syrian Desert. The colonnade was built in several stages during the
Great Colonnade at Palmyra in a northwest-southeast direction towards the "propylaea" of the Temple of Bel. Work on the colonnade started after the completion of the "propylaea" in 175 CE and continued through the beginning of the third-century CE. This section is the widest of the Great Colonnade with a uniform width of for the main street and for the sidewalks. A corner of the "temenos" of the Temple of Nebu was demolished to allow the colonnade an uninterrupted line of sight towards the Monumental Arch from the west and a wider access to the section leading to the Temple of Bel. A "nymphaeum"