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Ancient Art
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Tile with Capricorn
ca. A.D. 245
Clay with a layer of painted plaster
39.5 × 42 × 4.5 cm (15 9/16 × 16 9/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1933.272
Status:
On view
Culture:
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period:
Roman (3rd century A.D.)
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block L7, Synagogue), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 270, ill.
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), 50, no. 26, fig. 2–12.
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