This paper examines the first publicly documented western encounter with the ancient city of Palmyra as an archaeological site. This encounter was achieved in the late seventeenth century by a group of British merchants, who reached Palmyra and made drawings and reports of its ruins. The reports were then published in Philosophical Transactions in the mid 1690s. This paper points to the ways in which such accounts came into being, as well as how the city was described and publicly communicated for the first time in Philosophical Transactions. These articles had a great impact throughout the following centuries as a reference for the study of Palmyra. This paper therefore also stresses the pivotal role of Philosophical Transactions for the production and dissemination of Palmyra's archaeological legacy, as well as for the development of early modern archaeology within the early Royal Society.

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巴尔米拉的重新发现及其在哲学交易中的传播。

本文考察了西方首次公开记载的与巴尔米拉古城为考古遗址的遭遇。十七世纪末，一群英国商人到达了巴尔米拉（Palmyra），并绘制了废墟的图纸和报告，从而实现了这种相遇。该报告随后于1690年代中期发表在《哲学交易》上。本文指出了这种说法的产生方式，以及首次在《哲学交易》中对这座城市的描述和公开交流。这些文章在随后的几个世纪中都产生了巨大的影响，作为研究巴尔米拉的参考。因此，本文还强调了“哲学交易”在巴尔米拉考古遗产的产生和传播中的关键作用，