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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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2018
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2018, Issue: 380, Pages: 231-246
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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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