Lot Essay
This inscription is identified as CIS ii 4491.
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THE PROPERTY OF DANIEL M. FRIEDENBERG
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE BUST OF YEDÎ'BÊL
CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A PALMYRENE LIMESTONE BUST OF YEDÎ'BÊL
Circa Mid 2nd Century A.D.
From a funerary relief, the deceased depicted wearing a mantle over a tunic, his right hand folded at his waist and holding a set of keys, one of which is inscribed in Greek, AIOΨ, a large footed chalice filled with fruit held in his left hand, the man depicted with a beard of swirling strands and a full head of curving locks brushed forward, his large detailed eyes with incised irises and dotted pupils, a three-line inscription to the right of his head identifying the deceased reading, "Yedî'bêl son of Yadbai, alas"
21¼ in. (54 cm) high
Circa Mid 2nd Century A.D.
From a funerary relief, the deceased depicted wearing a mantle over a tunic, his right hand folded at his waist and holding a set of keys, one of which is inscribed in Greek, AIOΨ, a large footed chalice filled with fruit held in his left hand, the man depicted with a beard of swirling strands and a full head of curving locks brushed forward, his large detailed eyes with incised irises and dotted pupils, a three-line inscription to the right of his head identifying the deceased reading, "Yedî'bêl son of Yadbai, alas"
21¼ in. (54 cm) high
Provenance
Photographed and published in Damascus in 1897
Published as part of the collection of Consular General of German citizenship named M. Asfar, resident of Damascus, 1910
Published as part of the collection of Consular General of German citizenship named M. Asfar, resident of Damascus, 1910