This mirror is made of convex glass, the back of which is coated with a thin layer of lead. The mirror is fixed with gypsum onto a round wooden frame, which displays two holes; the upper one was perhaps intended for fixing the mirror onto the wall or some piece of furniture.
Provenance: Ṣaydnāyā.
Diameter: mirror 8.5 cm, frame 13 - 13.5 cm.
Era: Roman.
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Lamḥā ʿan al-marāyā al-qadīmā wa namāḏiǧihā fi al-matḥaf al-waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XX 1970 (pp. 9 - 27).
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