Head of a woman, perhaps originally from a funerary stele, from Palmyra (PAL0112)
A limestone head of a woman from Palmyra, dated c.170-230 CE, and probably originally part of a funerary relief. She wears a headdress edged with a band decorated by a central floral motif flanked by a lattice design. Her hair is pulled up and back around the edge of the band. This arrangement of hair also appears on <a href="http://wireproject.org/items/show/709#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1105%2C-1%2C3964%2C2484" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAL0111</a> and <a href="http://wireproject.org/items/show/711#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-197%2C-1%2C766%2C480" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAL0113</a>, while the decoration of the band is similar to <a href="http://wireproject.org/items/show/709#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1105%2C-1%2C3964%2C2484" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAL0111</a>. Despite damage to the left side of the face, the figure's incised eyebrows and almond shaped eyes are well-preserved, as well as a soft jaw and Venus rings around the neck.
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Limestone
PAL0112
Funerary relief of Abuna, daughter of Nabuna from Palmyra (PAL0111)
Limestone funerary relief of Abuna, identified in the Palmyrene inscription over her left shoulder as the daughter of Nabuna, son of Anini. She wears a veil and headdress with a decorated band, featuring a central floral motif and a lattice pattern (see also <a href="http://wireproject.org/items/show/710#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1269%2C0%2C4788%2C2999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAL0112</a>). With her left hand, she grasps the edge of the veil, a gesture frequently encountered on these reliefs. Her hair is up and back behind the veil (as in <a href="http://wireproject.org/items/show/710#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1269%2C0%2C4788%2C2999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAL0112</a>, <a href="http://wireproject.org/items/show/711#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-197%2C-1%2C766%2C480" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAL0113</a>). The woman wears a tunic and cloak fastened with a large circular brooch at her left shoulder, as well as earrings, a pendant necklace, and two rings on her left pinky. Her right arm is wrapped in her tunic and cloak, the edge of which she holds between her thumb and forefinger, with her middle-finger likewise extended, and her ring and pinky finger folded. Traces of red paint appear in the inscription over the figure's left shoulder. From Palmyra, dated c.170-230 CE.
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Limestone
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PAL0111