Palmyra / Bust of Palmyrene woman / Limestone

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Record Details

Object Identifier
1980.01.0001
Object Name
Bust of Palmyrene woman
Object Type
Funerary Sculpture
Materials
Limestone
Weight
too heavy for lab scales
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Root: White limestone, originally painted.
Subjects
Woman
Verbatim Date
c. 215 - 230 AD
Verbatim Provenance
Syria
Verbatim Site
Palmyra
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Cavafy's World: A Tribute to the Greek Poet Constantine P. Cavafy
Case 04 - Jewelry
Exhibition Curator
Talalay, Lauren
Root, Margaret Cool
Exhibition Year
2009
Publication Title
Passionate Curiosities: Tales of Collectors & Collections from the Kelsey Museum
Publication Author
Talalay, Lauren E.; Cool, Margaret Root
Publication Year
2015
Type Category
Artifact

Technical Details

Image Size
1087 x 1627
File Size
197 KB
Record
1980.01.0001
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1980.01.0001/1980_01_0001p08.tif

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"Palmyra; Bust of Palmyrene woman; Limestone." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1980.01.0001/1980_01_0001p08.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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