05-14-2014, 08:36 AM
Fresco of the eunuch Otes and Yahbishimshos (local senator, son of Abdaathes) – identified by Greek inscriptions - making sacrifice (beardless and dressed in white), from the Temple of Bel, Dura Europos in Syria, third century AD (in the area of the Roman military precinct).
Otes and Yahbishimshos are the patrons of the paintings, promoting themselves as mediators
between the city and the gods. On the right we can see five deities, standing on globes. They look like early versions of what would become the standard iconography for archangels, clad in cuirass, cloak, ankle-high boots or Parthian trousers, beardless, with halos, and carrying spears.
Anyone have this in better resolution?
Otes and Yahbishimshos are the patrons of the paintings, promoting themselves as mediators
between the city and the gods. On the right we can see five deities, standing on globes. They look like early versions of what would become the standard iconography for archangels, clad in cuirass, cloak, ankle-high boots or Parthian trousers, beardless, with halos, and carrying spears.
Anyone have this in better resolution?
