Dura-Europos synagogue frescoes

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:frescoes
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:National_Museum_of_Damascus
gptkbp:dateCreated circa 244 CE
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:David
gptkb:Elijah
gptkb:Moses
gptkb:Solomon
gptkb:Aaron
gptkb:Esther
gptkb:Samuel
gptkb:the_Exodus
biblical scenes
the Ark of the Covenant
the Crossing of the Red Sea
the Sacrifice of Isaac
gptkbp:destroyedBy 256 CE
Sasanian siege
gptkbp:discoveredBy French-American archaeological team
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1932
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dura-Europos synagogue frescoes
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Dura-Europos_synagogue
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Dura-Europos
gptkbp:material gptkb:color
plaster
gptkbp:pieceCount 58
gptkbp:significance earliest extensive cycle of biblical narrative art
evidence of Jewish community in Dura-Europos
important for study of Jewish art
gptkbp:style gptkb:Roman
Jewish
Parthian
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Museum_of_Damascus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6