Ancient Art

Purple Glass Fragments

ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 265

Glass

1934.599h: 3.18 x 3.18 x 2.54 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 in.)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1934.599
Culture: 
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: 
Graeco-Roman or Parthian
Classification: 
Containers - Glass
Status: 
Not on view
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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