The map of the city of Dura-Europos is a fragment of a late antique map discovered in 1923 at Dura-Europos. The map was drawn on the leather covering of a shield by a Roman soldier of the Cohors XX Palmyrenorum between AD 230 and 235.
The fragment is considered the oldest surviving original map.
Features
Size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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