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Ancient Art
Public domain

Fresco Fragments

ca. A.D. 230

Painted plaster

25 × 16.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1933.721
Geography: 
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: 
Roman (3rd century A.D.)
Classification: 
Paintings
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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