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Relief of Ummayat, 2nd C, Palmyra [Louvre] [d/b]

Relief was found in Beirut.
Inscription: “Ummayat, daughter of Yarhai. Alas”
“Details of the object: Funerary relief: woman (bust) dressed in a tunic and a mantle held by a trapezoidal fibula surmounted by a lion’s head, adorned with earrings , a necklace, wearing a turban and a veil of which it retains a side, the forehead encircled by a headband with a vegetal pattern. She puts her hand to her cheek in a sign of grief. In the background, a drapery is suspended by round ties surmounted by erect palmettes; registration”
In Louvre Inv. no. AO 2196