Thymiaterion Green-Glazed Altar Artist: Unknown

mid-2nd to mid-3rd century A.D.

Ancient Art

Not on view
Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

12 1/2 × 9 3/16 × 5 1/2 in. (31.8 × 23.3 × 13.9 cm)

Credit Line

Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos

Accession Number

1938.4966

Geography

Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria

Culture

Syrian, Dura-Europos

Period

3rd century A.D.

Classification

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Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block H2, Temple of Atargatis, cistern), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • 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), 62, no. 44, ill
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity (Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2011), 346, no. 39, pl. 39
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 272, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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