Mordecai and Esther Wall Painting, Dura-Europos

Late 2nd–3rd Century

Ancient fresco showing a group of men and women in robes, some standing and gesturing, others seated on thrones. A man on horseback and a youth are on the left; decorative animal and portrait motifs run along the bottom.
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