The Yale University Art Gallery's own collection catalog record for the limestone tauroctony relief excavated from the Dura-Europos Mithraeum, read directly for this entry. Its strength is that it is the holding institution's own primary documentation of the specific object: its material, dimensions, excavation context, dedicatory inscription and accession history.
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Reliability Tier1
The Yale University Art Gallery's own collection catalog record for the limestone tauroctony relief, an academic museum's primary custodial documentation of an object it holds and has examined directly, treated at the top tier. NotesChecked at its exact URL. The holding museum's own primary object record; cited for the relief's material, dimensions, weight, excavation date and location, accession number, the dedicatory inscription naming Zenobius, and the museum's own reading of the inclusion of worshippers as an unusually rare feature.
Citation
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
URLhttps://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/6891
Source TypeMuseum
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 13 claims: 11 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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