| Object Number | B9429 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Syria | Palmyra |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | CBS Register: Object in clay (rhombus, stuck in memory of the dead?) PBS XIV: Round clay tessera from Palmyra, 15 ½ x 14 ½ x 4 mm. Acquired, 1891. The face has a standing figure pouring a libation on a columnar altar. The man is bareheaded and beardless. He has a short tunic girded about and a mantle attached with a clasp in front and thrown back over the shoulders. The reverse has the figure of a woman reclining on a couch, supporting herself on one elbow, while perhaps unveiling herself with the other hand. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1891 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 1030 - Other Number | P264798 - CDLI Number |
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