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Bronze elements of statues from Palmyra

Agora, bronze drapery elements Palmyra, Syria; ca 1939

https://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr/medihal-00832627

Agora, elements of lambrequin breastplate and drapery in bronze (Palmyra, Syria); ca 1939

https://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr/medihal-00832622

From Agora, male right hand in bronze (Palmyra, Syria); ca 1939

https://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr/medihal-00832634


The Influence of Bronze-Working on Roman Provincial Stone Sculpture: The Case of Palmyra
Fred C. Albertson article


The Palmyra Portrait Project
Andreas J. M. Kropp article

“In the public sphere, honorific standing statues were set up for local notables… The bulk of these statues was made of bronze of which only tiny scraps are preserved 7. Most of them were no doubt brought in from outside Palmyra, as suggested by a passage from the famous “Tariff” regulating the import of such statues”