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Relief with the Head of Helios

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Basalt

32.7 × 33 cm (12 7/8 × 13 in.)
Gift of Ambasador and Mrs. William L. Eagleton, Jr., B.A. 1948
1989.8.1
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Roman, Syrian
Period: 
Roman, 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Ambasador and Mrs. William L. Eagleton, Jr., acquired in Syria; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired from the above, 1989.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 1989,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1990): 122.

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