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Palmyra funerary portraits from the Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg

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.

Palmyra relief of a woman. Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg
Photo after Bénédicte Weiss
Palmyra relief of a woman. Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg
Photo after Bénédicte Weiss
Female bust in front of a veil. Attai, daughter of Yarhai.
Palmyra inscription CIS II, 4059.
Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg
Photo taken ca 1923 https://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr
Photo © Palmyra Portrait Project, Ingholt Archive at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, PS 480
Funerary relief of a woman with a child. Amataḥâ | daughter of Zebîdâ.
3rd century
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