Bone Archer's Ring | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. A.D. 200–256

Medium: Bone
Dimensions: 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (3.1 × 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
Accession Number: 1929.475a
Geography: Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: Roman or Parthian
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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Provenance

Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos, present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Simon T. James, The Excavations at Dura-Europos,1928 to 1937: Final Report VII, 7 (London: British Museum Press, 2004), 199, no. 652, for archers ring, fig. 120:652

Simon T. James, "Dura-Europos and the introduction of the Mongolian Release," Roman Military Equipment:The Accountrements of War (1987), 78, fig. 1–2

Katherine M Kiefer and Susan B. Matheson, Life in an Eastern Province: The Roman Fortress at Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 16, no. 229

Michael I. Rostovtzeff, Professor Paul V. C. Baur, and Professor Alfred R. Bellinger, The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Reports of the Excavations, 9 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1929–44), 73–74, pp. 73–74, for the ring

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