Home›Open Questions›Who Painted the Dura-Europos Synagogue Frescoes?Open QuestionsWho Painted the Dura-Europos Synagogue Frescoes?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Who Painted the Dura-Europos Synagogue Frescoes?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-painted-the-dura-europos-synagogue-frescoes.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Who Painted the Dura-Europos Synagogue Frescoes?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-painted-the-dura-europos-synagogue-frescoesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-who-painted-the-dura-europos-synagogue-f, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Who Painted the Dura-Europos Synagogue Frescoes?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/who-painted-the-dura-europos-synagogue-frescoes}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe synagogue's dedicatory Aramaic inscription names the community elders and officials responsible for the 244 or 245 CE renovation, but no painter or workshop. Neither the founding excavation report nor later scholarship consulted for this entry identifies who executed the cycle.What would resolve this A signed or otherwise attributable inscription, a stylistic link to a documented workshop active elsewhere in Roman Syria, or comparative technical analysis of pigment and technique connecting the Dura Europos paintings to a named or identifiable school of painters.OpenAncient art history, Roman provincial archaeologyCarl H. Kraeling, Kraeling, "The Synagogue" (Dura-Europos Final Report VIII, Part I), 1956Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnDura-Europos Synagogue Frescoes, Sacred Art & Iconography Well-attested Source Kraeling, "The Synagogue" (Dura-Europos Final Report VIII, Part I), 1956Carl H. Kraelingtier 1SourcesKraeling, "The Synagogue" (Dura-Europos Final Report VIII, Part I), 1956tier 1Carl H. Kraeling, Yale University Press, 1956Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year