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Ancient Art
Explore image in Roman Lamp with Vague Figure in Relief
A.D. 165–256
Terracotta
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1933.353
Geography:
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Culture:
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period:
Roman (2nd or 3rd century A.D.)
Classification:
Lighting Devices
Provenance:
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block C3 D7, private houses, Roman Bath), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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