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Ancient Art
Explore image in Lamp with Undecipherable Design
ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256
Terracotta
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1933.358
Geography:
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Culture:
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period:
Greco-Roman or Parthian
Classification:
Lighting Devices
Provenance:
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block B2), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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.
