Funerary relief of a little Mmia and her mother Koartilla from Syria, ca. 70-100 CE. The relief has a Greek inscription that reads “Mmia, too soon, farewell. Koartilla, farewell.” The sculpture is on display at MFA Boston, is on loan from a private collection.
Koartilla, a mother, wears traditional dress of married women from Mesopotamia with a turban and veil, a big long earring is also very well visible.
A girl holds a wreath, funerary flowers. She has the big amount of jewelry, discriminalia type hair ornament, earrings, a necklace (string of beads) and a bracelet.
In the ROM Ontario and LACMA collection there are two pairs of similar earrings to those of Mmia. Both pairs are said to be from Eastern Mediterranean Roman Imperial period, 2nd-3rd century.
Gold and garnets
Gold and glass