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Ancient Art
Public domain

Part of Tent

ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256

Linen, wool, and cotton

Warp: (8) 32.0, 30.5, 30.5 cm. Warp: (6) (8) Weft: (7) 68.0, 49.0, 73.7 cm. Weft: (12) (24) (32) (48)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1929.504
Geography: 
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: 
Greco-Roman or Parthian
Classification: 
Textiles
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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