Palmyra, relief of Hessed, 2nd C [Damascus Museum] [d/b]

Funerary relief of Hessed, 200-273
in the Damascus Museum, C 12
ḤESSED DAUGHTER OF BAR‘ATHE 190-235 [Tanabe 1986: Pl. 351]

This relief is different, Hessed wears a headband. Traces of polychrome, looks like of the red underpaint mostly.

Rubina Raja, Signe Krag, Unveiling female hairstyles: Markers of Age, Social Roles, and Status in the Funerary Sculpture from Palmyra

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