Large Altar to Gods of Palmyra Maker: Unknown

A.D. 165–256

Ancient Art

Not on view

Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

73.66 × 36.83 × 27.94 cm (29 × 14 1/2 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos

Accession Number

1929.385

Geography

Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria

Culture

Syrian, Dura-Europos

Period

Roman (2nd or 3rd century A.D.)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block J3-5, Temple to Palmyrene Gods), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography

  • Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 74, no. 18, ill.
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity (Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2011), 345, no. 38, pl. 38.
  • M. I. R., "Yale's Work at Doura," Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University 4, no. 1 (1930): 82, fig. 9.
  • Michael I. Rostovtzeff, Professor Paul V. C. Baur, and Professor Alfred R. Bellinger, The Excavations at Dura-Europos: Preliminary Reports of the Excavations, 9 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1929–44), 90–91, vol. 2, p. 90, fig. 3, fig. 3.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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