Inscribed funerary relief for a woman from Palmyra (PAL0114)
Description
A limestone funerary relief of a woman with a Palmyrene inscription over the figure's left shoulder. The woman, the deceased, wears a veil over a headdress with an unusually high diadem. She holds the edge of her veil in her right hand, a typical gesture in Palmyrene portraiture. Her left hand is partially wrapped in the cloak she wears over her tunic, and she holds a spindle and distaff while extending her pointer and pinky finger, and folding her middle and ring finger. Her head is turned slightly to her left, and is not straight on as in many other examples of this type from Palmyra. Dated to c. 125-150 CE.