Tile with Aramaic Inscription Artist: Unknown

ca. A.D. 245

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos
Medium

Clay with layer of painted plaster

Dimensions

14 7/8 × 15 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (37.8 × 39.6 × 6 cm)

Credit Line

Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos

Accession Number

1933.255

Geography

Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria

Culture

Syrian, Dura-Europos

Period

Roman (3rd century A.D.)

Classification

Inscriptions

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Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 80, no. 19, fig. 4–3
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity (Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2011), 339, no. 31, pl. 31
  • 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), no. 16
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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