Dura-Europos Christian house

Type: Churches, Baptisteries
Date: 240
Location or Findspot (Modern-Day Country): Syria
Description: The Christian house that contains a baptistery at Dura-Europos, on the Roman-Iranian frontier in what is now Syria, is earliest of its kind. Like the Mithraeum and synagogue, this was a private house at the edge of the city renovated to accommodate specialized religious functions. The baptistery room was decorated in stages, the last around 240.

Download a PDF of the Dura-Europos city plan.
Relevant Textbook Chapter(s): 1
Repository and Online Resources: Read more about Dura-Europs on the Yale University Art Gallery website.
Image Credits: Yale University Art Gallery; Navid Jamali
Tags: Western Asian, Christian, Access to the sacred, Bible, Late Antique, Roman, Works in textbook, Works in focus, Domestic

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