Mortuary Statue

B9186

From: Syria | Palmyra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B9186
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Syria | Palmyra
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Young Man
Description

CBS Register: fragment of a mortuary stone in marble with bust of male youth.

Romano: "Small imago clipeata with the bust of a bearded (?) male in low relief in a disk with a tongue pattern around the edges. The figure wears a tunic and mantle over the left shoulder. The hair and facial features are summarily treated. Large ears lying perpendicular to the background. Recessed at the top of the fragment are folds of a drapery or floral background."

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number P264579 - CDLI Number

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