bust
- Museum number
- 125036
- Description
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Limestone bust from a Palmyrene funerary relief; double bust of man and his wife; she is veiled with the fillet; wears drop ear-rings and two long curls of hair; holds in left hand distaff and spindle; he wears a toga and holds a strip of writing material in his right hand; inscription; 2 ll.
- Production date
- 50-150
- Dimensions
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Height: 47.50 centimetres
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Width: 52 centimetres
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Depth: 25 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G70/od)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Room 57: Ancient Syria [Syrian Room], Easter 1982-.
- Condition
- Good / fair.
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 125036
- Registration number
- 1889,1012.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: SOC.42 (Semitic Old Collection registration number)