Tessera

B9429

From: Syria | Palmyra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B9429
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Syria | Palmyra
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

CBS Register: Object in clay (rhombus, stuck in memory of the dead?)

PBS XIV: Round clay tessera from Palmyra, 15 ½ x 14 ½ x 4 mm. Acquired, 1891. The face has a standing figure pouring a libation on a columnar altar. The man is bareheaded and beardless. He has a short tunic girded about and a mantle attached with a clasp in front and thrown back over the shoulders. The reverse has the figure of a woman reclining on a couch, supporting herself on one elbow, while perhaps unveiling herself with the other hand.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1891
Other Number PBS XIV: 1030 - Other Number | P264798 - CDLI Number

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