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Ancient Art
Public domain

Relief of Herakles

323 B.C.–A.D. 256

Gypsum

15.5 × 5.9 × 22.6 cm (6 1/8 × 2 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1938.5330
Geography: 
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: 
Greco-Roman or Parthian
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block J8, Wall Street), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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