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Ancient Art
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
Geography:
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
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.
James Prosek and Edith Devaney, James Prosek: Art, Artifact, Artifice, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2020), 59, pl. 43.
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.