The Excavations at Dura-Europos: 9th season, 1935-1936: pt. 1. The Agora and bazaar. pt. 2. The Necropolis, by N. P. Toll. pt. 3. The Palace of the Dux Ripae and the DolicheneumYale University Press, 1929 - Dura (Syria) |
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DESCRIPTION OF TOMBS AND FINDS | 24 |
ANALYTICAL INVENTORY | 95 |
CHRONOLOGY | 132 |
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barrel bead bell belongs bench blue glazed bluish bones bowl bracelet broken bronze built burials carnelian catacombs ceiling central chamber century A.D. circular closed coin color columns complete corner covered damaged decoration door Dura earlier earth Empty evidence excavated Finds floor found in Tomb four Fragment glass bead Glass bottle gold gray body grayish Green glazed vase greenish Group handles head toward entrance indicates inside iron irregular later leaves light yellowish body loculi medium texture missing mound neck Necropolis objects oblate original pendant pillaged placed plaster pottery present preserved probably Remnants reproduced ring round sand shape side silver silver rings similar Skeleton with head slightly steps stone thick thin Tomb 24 Tomb 40 Tower traces truncated bicone upper VIII wall wide Yale