EditorialJulius Terentius Performing a?Sacrifice, A.D.?239, Paint on plaster, 107 ? 165 ? 10.2 cm, 87.54 kg (42 1/8 ? 64 15/16 ? 4 in., 193?lb.), Yale-French Excavations at?Dura-Europos, Commissioned by the Roman tribune at Dura-Europos, Julius Terentius (depic...
EditorialShrine to the God Mithras?(Mithraeum), ca. A.D.?240, Painted plaster, 162.5 ? 206.4 cm (64 ? 81 1/4?in.), Yale-French Excavations at?Dura-Europos, A shrine to the god Mithras, the Mithraeum at Dura-Europos was commissioned in?A.D. 16869 by Palmyrene ar...
EditorialSubject: Abuna, Funerary Relief of Abuna, Daughter of?Nabuna, ca. A.D.?170230, Limestone with traces of red paint, 52.5 ? 43 ? 19.5 cm (20 11/16 ? 16 15/16 ? 7 11/16?in.), This limestone relief shows the bust of a woman elegantly dressed in a tunic and...
EditorialA Palmyrene grave relief of a man in a toga. At the right ear is a possibly false inscription to see., Sculpture, stone, limestone, H 50 cm (max), W 43 cm, D 22 cm, Late Roman Period 225-250 AD, Syria.
EditorialSyria. Palmyra city. Inscription in cursive Palmyrene (dialect of Aramaic, Semitic alphabet), used between 100 BC-300 BC. Sculpted in the stone. These remains were destroyed by ISIS in 2015, during the Syrian Civil War.
EditorialSyria. Palmyra city. Stone altar with inscription in cursive Palmyrene (dialect of Aramaic, Semitic alphabet). It was used between 100 BC-300 BC. (Photo taken before the Syrian Civil War).
EditorialSyria. Palmyra city. Inscription in cursive Palmyrene (dialect of Aramaic, Semitic alphabet), used between 100 BC-300 BC. Sculpted in the stone. These remains were destroyed by ISIS in 2015, during the Syrian Civil War.