A PALMYRAN FRAGMENTARY LIMESTONE FUNERARY RELIEF

CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A PALMYRAN FRAGMENTARY LIMESTONE FUNERARY RELIEF
circa early 3rd century a.d.
In high relief, the upper third of a man preserved reclining to his left, his hair in tight curls, the brows and eyes deeply carved, wearing a cloak pinned on the right shoulder over a tunic, holding a wreath in his left hand, enclosed within a border of overlapping leaves, a Palmyrene inscription to the left
10½ in. (26.65 cm.) high