Mortuary Statue

Unknown artist

Limestone; High Relief

Penn Museum

CBS Register: Fragment of slab in limestone, mortuary stone. In high relief, bust of woman with Palmyrene inscription to the left of her head. Romano: "Inscribed rectangular loculus slab with richly ornamented female figure in high relief. Woman is in frontal position with right arm bent and crossed over in front of body at waist height grasping the edge of her mantle. The left arm is bent and is raised to grasp the edge of the veil at shoulder height. She wears a tunic with a mantle fastened with a large circular jeweled brooch at the left shoulder and looped over her bare right forearm. She also wears a veil over the top of her he