Fragment of a man's head from Palmyra
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Funerary portrait of a woman from Palmyra

Fragment of an architectural ornament

Classification
architectural ornament; architectural element
Culture
Palmyrene
Dimensions
height: 19.5 cm
Period
2nd–3rd century A.D.
Material
material analysis; Palmyrene limestone
Iconography
leaf pattern
Findspot
Palmyra
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Inventory
97.14.A
ID
Hyp-6978

Material analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the fragment was made of Palmyrene limestone. Click here for the detailed results.

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