Palmyra, funerary portrait of Habba with a child, 3rd C [Louvre] [d/b]

Funerary relief of Habba, daughter of ‘Oga son of Yarhai (PAT 0899), 3rd century.

“Woman (bust) dressed in a tunic and a coat held on the left shoulder by a round fibula, adorned with necklaces with cabochons and pendant, a twisted bracelet and earrings, the forehead girded with a headband adorned with floral motifs and pearls, carrying a child dressed in the trousers and tunic with Parthian embroidered bands, holding a bunch of grapes”

In Louvre Inv. no. AO 4147

“Daughters and wives: Defining women in Palmyrene inscriptions” Eleonora CUSSINI, in Women, children and the family in Palmyra, 2019 academia.edu

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