Stone Button | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256

Medium: Steatite
Dimensions: 1/4 × 1 in. (0.68 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line: Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
Accession Number: 1938.4177
Geography: Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Culture: Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: Greco-Roman or Parthian
Classification: Apparel/Costume
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Provenance

Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos, present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Object/Work type

buttons (fasteners)

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