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Relief of a woman, Palmyra, 3rd C [Louvre] [d/b]

3rd century. Limestone. 54 x 44 x 23 cm. Inscription is a modern addition visually imitating Palmyran inscriptions.
Inv. no. AO 1575 In Louvre

“Funeral relief: woman (bust) dressed a tunic and a cloak held on the left shoulder by a round fibula with pendants, adorned with a ring, bracelets, necklaces and earrings, the forehead surrounded by a headband and wearing a turban and a veil whose sides it retains”

Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités orientales, AO 1575 – https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010127793 – https://collections.louvre.fr/CGU
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