The reliefs from Palmyra that are now in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg (France), were donated to the museum in 1929 by Gustave Schlumberger, who acquired them through a network of Syrian dealers. Therefore, they lack archaeological context and their age is determined by their stylistic similarity to other reliefs.
Ingholt Archive PS 426:
Script: Palmyrene Aramaic.
Transcription:
ʾQMT
BRT
YDY
ḤBL
Translation: Aqamat daughter of Yaddaî, alas!
Dated 150-200 CE
Photo after Bénédicte Weiss
Ingholt Archive PS 431:
Script: Palmyrene Aramaic.
Transcription:
ŠGL
BRT
YDY
ḤBL
Translation: Šegel daughter of Yaddaî, alas!
Dated 150-200 CE
Attai, daughter of Yarhai.
Palmyra inscription CIS II, 4059.
Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg
Photo taken ca 1923 https://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr
Ingholt Archive PS 761
Funerary relief of a woman with a child. Amataḥâ | daughter of Zebîdâ.
3rd century
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- The busts of Palmyra, little-known treasures of Strasbourg’s reserves by Bénédicte Weiss. Published on August 23, 2025 https://www.lesechos.fr/pme-regions/grand-est/les-bustes-de-palmyre-tresors-meconnus-des-reserves-strasbourgeoises-2182493
- The Ingholt Archive: The Palmyrene Material, Transcribed with Commentary and Bibliography (published by Brepols in 2022)
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