CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

This portrait is identified as a priest by the inclusion of a modius, the flat-topped cylindrical headdress named for its resemblance to a grain measure. The added embellishment of a wreath centered by a medallion bust indicates an elevated rank within the priesthood; the small bust likely represents the priest's ancestor or predecessor (see p. 162 in C. Fowlkes-Childs and M. Seymour, The World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East). For a similar example, see the portrait of the priest Tibol, no. 108 in Fowlkes-Childs and Seymour, op. cit.