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Relief of a woman, Palmyra, 2nd-3rd century [Louvre] [d/b]

© Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Christian Larrieu Musée du Louvre, AO 4148 https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010127823

“Inscribed funerary relief representing the bust of a woman. She is dressed in a tunic and a coat held on the left shoulder by a round fibula. She is adorned with bracelets, a necklace and earrings. Her forehead is encircled by a headband decorated with chains. She is wearing a turban and a veil, the sides of which she holds back. Behind her, a fabric is suspended from two flower-shaped fasteners topped with an upright palmette”