Jean-Claude Golvin

Tell Zarka, the truck stop

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

69.8 x 49.8 cm (Overall) 46.6 x 33 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Tell el-Zarka

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Aerial view of the Tell Zarka roadhouse. The drawing is in portrait format. It is organized within a frame drawn in ink. Inscriptions and traces of watercolor are visible in the margins. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
Not far from a road, crossed by a caravan, stands the Roman station. It is set within a quadrangular fortified enclosure with four corner towers. The casemates are arranged around a circular well in the center. In the distance, relief is visible.

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