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Oriental forerunners of Byzantine painting : first-century wall paintings from the fortress of Dura on the middle Euphrates
- Title
- Oriental forerunners of Byzantine painting : first-century wall paintings from the fortress of Dura on the middle Euphrates / by James Henry Breasted.
- Author
- Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935.
- Publication
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [©1924]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Cumont, Franz, 1868-1947.
- Description
- 4 preliminary leaves, 105 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (including plan), XXIII plates (some color), maps (1 double); 31 cm
- Series Statement
- The University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; vol. I
- Uniform Title
- University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ; vol. I.
- Subject
- 0-100
- Mural painting and decoration
- 20.60 classical art: general
- Mural painting and decoration
- Murals
- Mural painting and decoration, Ancient > Syria > Dura-Europos
- Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
- Doura-Europos (Ville ancienne)
- Syria > Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
- Doura-Europos
- Dura-Europos (Extinct city) > Antiquities
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Franz Cumont -- I. The history of Dura-Salihiya -- II. The discovery of the Dura-Salihiyah paintings -- III. The city and Fortress of Dura -- IV. The temple of Zeus-Baal in the Fortress of Dura -- V. The wall paintings of the Zeus-Baal Temple.
- ISBN
- 0226071855
- 9780226071855
- LCCN
- 24008769
- OCLC
- ocm01136976
- 1136976
- SCSB-9522230
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library