{"secondaryobjectnumber":null,"periodterms":[{"id":2036735,"period":"Imperial (Roman)"}],"creditline":"Gift of Yale University Art Gallery","caption":"Roman, Roman Imperial Period (ca. 30 BCE–476 CE), Syria, early 3rd century CE, Ceiling tile from the synagogue at Dura-Europas. Terracotta; 44.5 × 39 × 8 cm. Gift of Yale University Art Gallery (y1933-32)","cultureterms":[{"id":2036723,"culture":"Roman (style or period)"}],"type":"artobject","dimensionsproposed":"","terms":[{"id":2036723,"term":"Roman (style or period)","aatid":300020533,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2036735,"term":"Imperial (Roman)","aatid":300020541,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2055252,"term":"terracottas","aatid":300047296,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2084821,"term":"synagogues","aatid":300007590,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2049167,"term":"ceramics","aatid":300151343,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2107406,"term":"architectural elements","aatid":300000885,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2045698,"term":"fruit","aatid":300011868,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2111010,"term":"ceilings","aatid":300002031,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2160936,"term":"terracotta","aatid":300010669,"termtype":"Materials"}],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place excavated: Asia, Syria, Synagogue of Dura-Europos","code":"Place excavated","continent":"Asia","subcontinent":null,"country":"Syria","region":null,"state":null,"city":null,"county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":"Synagogue of Dura-Europos","locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":"http://www.geonames.org/maps/wikipedia_34.7474_40.7272.html","location":{"lat":"","lon":""}},{"displaygeography":"Place made: Asia, Syria","code":"Place made","continent":"Asia","subcontinent":null,"country":"Syria","region":null,"state":null,"city":null,"county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":null,"locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":null,"location":{"lat":"","lon":""}}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"Overall","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"44.50"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"39.00"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Thickness","units":"centimeters","dimension":"8.00"}],"markings":null,"accessionyear":"1933-01-01","newaccession":0,"makers":[],"datecomputed":218,"signed":null,"restrictions":null,"classification":"Ceramics","packages":[{"packageid":278831,"name":"10282025-DAY1-ONVIEW"},{"packageid":220207,"name":"Gallery_22(Pavilion6)-AncientMed"}],"catalograisonne":null,"classifications":[{"id":2055252,"classification":"terracottas"},{"id":2049167,"classification":"ceramics"},{"id":2107406,"classification":"architectural elements"}],"exhibitions":[],"cultures":[{"id":13442,"culture":"Roman","alphasort":"Roman","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayculture":"Roman","displaydate":null}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV77232"],"displaytitle":"Ceiling tile from the synagogue at Dura-Europas","displayculture":"Roman","displaymaker":null,"captionhtml":"Roman, Roman Imperial Period (ca. 30 BCE–476 CE), Syria, early 3rd century CE, <i>Ceiling tile from the synagogue at Dura-Europas</i>. Terracotta; 44.5 × 39 × 8 cm. Gift of Yale University Art Gallery (y1933-32)","displaydate":"early 3rd century CE","medium":"Terracotta","media":[{"id":161053,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV77232","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Inventory Project"}],"displayperiod":"Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE","extended_content":false,"campuscollections":"false","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"Karen B. Stern, \"Mapping devotion in Roman Dura Europos: a reconsideration of the synagogue ceiling\", <EM>American journal of archaeology</EM> 114, no. 3, (July, 2010): p. 473-504.","citation":"Karen B. Stern, \"Mapping devotion in Roman Dura Europos: a reconsideration of the synagogue ceiling\", <EM>American journal of archaeology</EM> 114, no. 3, (July, 2010): p. 473-504., p. 484; fig. 6, bottom right","date":2010,"id":6648,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/25684291"},{"boilertext":"Comte du Mesnil du Buisson and M. Gabriel Millet, <EM>Les peintures de la synagogue de Doura-Europos, 245-256 après J.-C.</EM>, (Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1939).","citation":"Comte du Mesnil du Buisson and M. Gabriel Millet, <EM>Les peintures de la synagogue de Doura-Europos, 245-256 après J.-C.</EM>, (Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1939)., p. 8; fig. 8","date":1939,"id":6646,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/1923447"},{"boilertext":"Michael I. Rostovtzeff, <EM>Dura and the problem of Parthian art</EM>, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1935). ","citation":"Michael I. Rostovtzeff, <EM>Dura and the problem of Parthian art</EM>, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1935). , fig. 32","date":1935,"id":6647,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/2811679"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[{"id":12861,"period":"Roman Imperial Period","alphasort":"Roman Imperial Period","begindate":-30,"enddate":467,"displayperiod":"Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE","displaydate":"ca. 30 BCE–476 CE"}],"department":"Ancient, Byzantine, and Islamic Art","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199316,"term":"Ancient Mediterranean Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1-500","dateend":235,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Ceiling tile from the synagogue at Dura-Europas","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":null,"objectnumber":"y1933-32","inscribed":null,"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"<p>\n\tThese ceiling tiles from the synagogue at Dura Europos feature a pomegranate and a four-petaled flower. When considered with the other 450 tiles from\n\t\n\tthe synagogue’s ceiling, many of which are on display in the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, the tiles would have created a striking visual program. Some tiles, like these, feature floral motifs, but others depict hybrid creatures, signs of the zodiac, images of the evil eye, and busts of women. The archaeological evidence from Dura Europos, which was located along a central trade route between Antioch-on-the-Orontes and the Near East, testifies to the multiculturalism and religious diversity of the ancient city. In addition to the synagogue, the city was home to temples dedicated to Greek and Roman gods as well as one of the earliest Christian house churches.\n</p>\n<p>\n\t<br />\n\t</p>","remarks":"MED_22_ADJ-1_CLA-Day 1 Cataloguing (group chat for y1933-31, y1933-32)"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Excavated from the synagogue in Dura Europos; given to the Museum by the Yale University Art Gallery in 1933","remarks":null}],"datebegin":200,"sortnumber":"1933   32y","published_date":"2026-02-11 09:24:08.291566","objectid":20018,"dimensions":"44.5 x 39 x 8 cm (17 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)","on_view":true}