The Harvard Semitic Museum Palmyrene Collection

Three Palmyrene funerary busts are part of the collections of the Harvard Semitic Museum. This article discusses the epitaphs, the portraits, and their stylistic features, summarizes the funerary busts' documented history of possession, and offers a palaeographic analysis of the inscriptions.

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Authors: Cussini, Eleonora (Author) ; Hutton, Jeremy M. 1976- (Author) ; Bonesho, Catherine E. (Author) ; Greene, Nathaniel E. (Author) ; Heyn, Maura K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2018
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2018, Volume: 380, Pages: 231-246
Online Access: Volltext (Digitalisierung)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Three Palmyrene funerary busts are part of the collections of the Harvard Semitic Museum. This article discusses the epitaphs, the portraits, and their stylistic features, summarizes the funerary busts' documented history of possession, and offers a palaeographic analysis of the inscriptions.
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR