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Funerary Portrait of a Priestess
Roman Syrian, Palmyra

Title

Funerary Portrait of a Priestess

Artist

Unknown Artist (Roman Syrian, Palmyra)

Date

2nd century BCE

Medium

limestone

Dimensions

9 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (23.5 × 15.9 × 15.9 cm)

Classification

Mummies, Tomb, & Funerary Art

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Object Number

1952.32

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.