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Funerary Portrait of a Priest
Roman Syrian, Palmyra

Title

Funerary Portrait of a Priest

Artist

Unknown Artist (Roman Syrian, Palmyra)

Date

2nd century CE

Medium

limestone

Dimensions

9 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (23.5 × 13.3 × 16.5 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Object Number

1952.31

On View

On view

Provenance

Monsignor Giuseppe de Ciccio (1873–1953), Naples, by February 21, 1952;
Purchased from the collection of Monsignor Giuseppe de Ciccio, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1952.

Exhibition History

None.

Published References

None.