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Woman with a child, Palmyra, 2rd century [Damascus Museum] [d/b]

Funerary relief of a breastfeeding woman from Palmyra, 150-200 CE. Damascus Museum, inv. no. 6906/5840
“Loculus relief depicting a woman exposing her left breast towards a boy held on her left arm” [no 39 in: Representations of Women and Children in Palmyrene Funerary Loculus Reliefs, Loculus Stelae and Wall Paintings, 2018 Rubina RajaSigne Krag https://www.researchgate.net]

The Syria I loved
An exhibition organized by
The Museum of the City of Volos and the Panorama Cultural Society
Duration: 12 May – 29 October 2017 [link]
https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/5947588