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© Bruce M. White, 2022.
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Funerary Relief of a Woman

Possible OriginPalmyra, Syria, Asia
CulturePalmyra
PeriodRoman Period
Date50-100 CE
MediumCrystalline limestone
Credit LineGift of the Ricard Family
DimensionsMaximum: 22 × 17 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (55.9 × 44.5 × 19.7 cm)
Object number2019.014.002
Exhibition Historyl'Egypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco 1975-1978
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes de Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, Belles Gravures Anciennes. Monnaies Antiques. Composant la Collection de feu M. Bertone (14 Decembre 1931), 44, lot 660.
Jean-Baptiste Yon, Les notables de Palmyre (Beyrouth: Institut francais d'archeologie du Proche-Orient, 2002), 132, 172, figure 33.
Signe Krag, Funerary Representations of Palmyrene Women: From the First Century BC to the Third Century AD (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2018), 176-177, number 45.
ProvenanceEx coll. Emile Bertone (1867-1931), Italy and France. With Hotel des Ventes de Nevilly-sur-Seine, Paris, 14 December, 1931, lot 660. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex Ricard Family Collection, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art