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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
Status:
Not on view
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: Insititue of Archaeology, University of California Los Angeles, 1977), 139–140, no. 170, pl. 39, fig. 170.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
