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Ancient Art

Strap Handle

ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256

Iron

1.6 × 8.5 cm (5/8 × 3 3/8in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1938.5999.5245
Geography: 
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: 
Greco-Roman or Parthian
Classification: 
Tools and Equipment
Provenance: 

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

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