Relief of Herakles, standing Artist: Unknown

165–256

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos
Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

9 1/4 × 5 5/16 × 2 15/16 in. (23.5 × 13.5 × 7.5 cm)

Credit Line

Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos

Accession Number

1935.50

Geography

Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria

Culture

Syrian, Dura-Europos

Period

Greco-Roman or Parthian

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block G5 C10, private house), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Lillian Sellati, "Doubling the Divine: A Strategy for Warding Off Evil at Dura-Europos," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2022–23), 41–43, fig. 2
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire (Chestnut Hill, Mass.: McMullen Museum of Art, 2014), 257, no. 38, pl. 38
  • Christa Bauchenss-Thüriedl, Erika Simon, and Ingrid Krauskopf, Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, 8 vols. (Zurich: Artemis, 1981–97), vol. 5, p. 65, no. 2412
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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