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Explore image in Shallow Reed Basket
ca. A.D. 165–256
Reed
diam.: 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
H.: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
H.: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1933.466
Geography:
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Culture:
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period:
Roman
Classification:
Containers - Other
Provenance:
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block J7 B2), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
James Prosek and Edith Devaney, James Prosek: Art, Artifact, Artifice, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2020), 114, pl. 90.
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.
