Funerary relief bust 3rd century (dated 231 C.E.) Limestone Syria Smithsonian Museums https://asia.si.edu/object/F1908.236/
The inscriptions carved on this relief bust, written in Aramaic, identify the figure as a woman named Haliphat and date her death to the year 231 C.E. The bust is from Palmyra, a city in southern Syria that flourished during the Roman Empire as a caravan oasis on the trade route linking the Mediterranean with West and Central Asia.
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