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Relief fragment

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Figure

Period:: Parthian
Date:: ca. 1st–2nd century A.D
Geography:: Mesopotamia, Ctesiphon
Culture:: Parthian
Medium:: Ceramic
Dimensions:: 3.5 x 2.75 in. (8.89 x 6.99 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession Number:: 32.150.146

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

1931–32, excavated by the Joint Expedition of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; acquired by the Museum in 1932, ceded in the division of finds.
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Parthian (173)
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Ceramics (29,330)

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