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- Palmyra, Syria; from the 2nd to 3rd centuries
- limestone; 46 cm in height
‘The city of Palmyra in central Syria achieved great prosperity in the period from the 1st to 3rd centuries as a trade center connecting the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire. On the wall shelves of the Palmyran tomb, there was a coffin, on which we could see a portrait of the dead. The portrait of a lady wearing a veil and dressing luxuries reminds us of the prosperity of Palmyra in the past. Inscribed on the back is the Arabic sentence “Arab daughter Akuma, are you sad?”‘
Hirayama Ikuo Silkroad Museum https://silkroad-museum-collection.jp