Mortuary Statue

CBS Register: fragment, head of a woman in limestone, part of a Palmyrenian mortuary slab.

Romano: Frontal female head from a relief wearing a diadem, turban, and veil. The diadem covers most of the forehead and is divided into registers, with the central register filled with a palm in low relief. To the right and left of that are narrow registers with three flat circles, and to right and left of those are wider registers with floating leaves. Above the diadem are the folds of a wrapped turban, and over the top of that is a veil that falls to the sides of the head in a smooth surface. The hair is drawn to the sides of the face and swept upwards in thickened locks, disappearing into the veil. the figure wears earrings with a ball on the earlobe and a pendant globular element. The face is squarish with little modelling of the cheeks; low, flat forehead, inscribed eyebrows above well-defined eyes with a thickened upper lid. The iris is an inscribed circle with a drilled dot for the pupil. Long straight nose with no nostrils indicated. Small mouth with slightly parted lips; small jutting chin; thick neck."