bust
- Museum number
- 125031
- Description
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Limestone bust from a Palmyrene funerary relief; carved; half length; bearded man; standing against a background of a cloth hung from two buckles which each clasp a feather or leaf; on right hand are two rings on little finger and a third on the index finger; holds strip of writing material; eyeballs still coloured; inscription; 3 ll.
- Production date
- 150-200
- Dimensions
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Height: 60 centimetres
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Thickness: 24 centimetres
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Width: 45 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Formerly displayed on a stone base labelled "125031. Bust of Moqimo, son of Moqimo. Palmyra. Late 2nd century A.D. Limestone".
- Location
- On display (G70/od)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Room 57: Ancient Syria [Syrian Room], Easter 1982-.
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 125031
- Registration number
- 1895,0401.6
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: SOC.37 (Semitic Old Collection registration number)
