A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A WOMAN
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A WOMAN

CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A WOMAN
Circa Mid 2nd Century A.D.
From a funerary relief, the veiled figure with her wavy locks pulled back from her face, wearing a headdress with a patterned ornament above her forehead, with thin arching brows over her almond-shaped eyes, her pupils delineated, with a small mouth, square chin, and a series of "venus" lines on her neck, some pigment preserved on the brows, eyes and the headdress ornament
10¾ in. (27.3 cm) high

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