The Harvard Semitic Museum Palmyrene Collection
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Maura K. Heyn, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: 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.
The Harvard Semitic Museum Palmyrene Collection
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Bulletin of The American Schools of Oriental Research 380: 231-246
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- Palmyra, funerary portraiture, Palmyrene Aramaic, Palmyrene epigraphy, Palmyrene palaeography