Mortuary Statue

Unknown artist

150-250 CE

Limestone | Pigment; High Relief

Penn Museum

CBS Register: Fragment of slab in limestone, mortuary stone. In relief bust of bearded man with Palmyrene inscription to the left of his head. Black color around eyes and hair partly preserved. Romano: "Rectangular inscribed loculus relief with frontal bearded male bust to approximate hip level. Man wearing two garments: a tunic and a mantle over both shoulders which envelops both arms and falls down his left side. His right arm is bent grasping the edge of the mantle; his left arm is bent and with the two middle fingers bent he holds a flat rectangular object (a book roll or schedula) against his chest tucked slightly beneath his m