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Ancient Art
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.
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