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.
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