Funerary Relief of a Priest

2nd century CE (Roman Imperial)

11 cm 24 cm 13 cm

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The slightly under life-size portrait is carved in a distinctive style native to Palmyra, Syria, under the Roman Empire. While the head was once part of a relief, it was carved almost fully in the round. The figure’s pursed lips are offset by protruding ears and large, stylize...

Sculpture

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76362
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sculpture
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Arthur Houghton, Cockeysville, Maryland, by 1965, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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4
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