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Ancient Art
Figure of a Lion
ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256
Plaster
somewhat rough with pebbles
51 × 16 × 22 cm (20 1/16 × 6 5/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1938.5315
Geography:
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Culture:
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period:
Greco-Roman or Parthian
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block H1 1, Temple of the Gadde, court), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Susan B. Downey, The Excavations at Dura-Europos, Final Report III (Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, 1977), 139–140, no. 170, pl. 39, fig. 170.
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