Lot Essay
The bust on the central medallion of the headdress is thought to represent an ancestor or predecessor of the wearer. See p. 63 in Colledge, The Art of Palmyra.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND MUSEUM
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE BUST OF A PRIEST
CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE BUST OF A PRIEST
Circa Mid 2nd Century A.D.
From a funerary relief, the deceased depicted wearing a mantle over a tunic, his right hand clutching the folds of his garment, wearing a modius encircled by a laurel wreath centered by a medallion with a male bust, the long oval face with angular features, the sharp arching brows above lidded eyes, the irises and pupils incised, an inscription to the right identifying the deceased, added stucco decoration in relief to the left, some traces of pigment preserved
18½ in. (47 cm) high
Circa Mid 2nd Century A.D.
From a funerary relief, the deceased depicted wearing a mantle over a tunic, his right hand clutching the folds of his garment, wearing a modius encircled by a laurel wreath centered by a medallion with a male bust, the long oval face with angular features, the sharp arching brows above lidded eyes, the irises and pupils incised, an inscription to the right identifying the deceased, added stucco decoration in relief to the left, some traces of pigment preserved
18½ in. (47 cm) high
Sale room notice
This lot is included in the following publications:
Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum ab academia inscriptionum et litterarum humaniorum conditum atque digestum, Paris (1926), II 3, p. 437, no. 4504, pl. 47.
Gottheil, Journal of the American Oriental Society, New Haven (1900), p. 109, no. 1.
D.R. Hillers and E. Cussini, Palmyrene Aramaic Texts, Baltimore (1995), p. 143, no. PAT 0865.
H. Ingholt, Studies over palmyrensk skulptur, af Harald Ingholt, Kobenhavn (1928), p. 124, no. PS 301.
Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum ab academia inscriptionum et litterarum humaniorum conditum atque digestum, Paris (1926), II 3, p. 437, no. 4504, pl. 47.
Gottheil, Journal of the American Oriental Society, New Haven (1900), p. 109, no. 1.
D.R. Hillers and E. Cussini, Palmyrene Aramaic Texts, Baltimore (1995), p. 143, no. PAT 0865.
H. Ingholt, Studies over palmyrensk skulptur, af Harald Ingholt, Kobenhavn (1928), p. 124, no. PS 301.