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CULTURE: PALMYRENE.
DATE: 2ND - 3RD CENTURY AD.
MATERIAL: LIMESTONE.
PROVENANCE: EX: EARLY PRIVATE COLLECTION.
CONDITION: INTACT.
MEASUREMENTS: 23.5 INCHES HIGH, 15.75 INCHES WIDE, 7 INCHES THICK, (60 X 40 X 18).
Featuring the bust of a woman with her child standing above her right shoulder; her eyes are wide and almond shaped, underneath her head veil, her hair is styled in melon coiffure, she is wearing her jewelry which consist of three necklaces, another strand of jewelry on top of her forehead, she is also wearing two wide bracelets, dangling type of earrings, and a ring in her left pinky.
CF: A very similar example in the Damascus museum, see discover Plamyr, History, Ruins, Art, Alhariri.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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