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Ancient Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Textile Shin Guard
ca. A.D. 200–256
Undyed linen
27 × 44.2 cm (10 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1933.481
Geography:
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period:
Roman (3rd century A.D.)
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos, present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Simon T. James, The Excavations at Dura-Europos,1928 to 1937: Final Report VII, 7 (London: British Museum Press, 2004), 128–29, no. 448, fig. 73.
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.
