Terracotta relief plaque Artist: Unknown

ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256

Ancient Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Terracotta. Moldmade (single mold). Beige clay. Bitumen on break.

Dimensions

1 15/16 × 2 1/8 × 7 1/2 in. (5 × 5.4 × 19 cm)

Credit Line

Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos

Accession Number

1938.4926

Geography

Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria

Culture

Syrian, Dura-Europos

Period

Greco-Roman or Parthian

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (Necropolis, Trench II), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Susan B. Downey, Terracotta Figurines and Plaques from Dura-Europos (Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 2003), 51, no. 3, fig. 3
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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