This bronze statuette of Aphrodite resembles H̱isfīn's specimen. Discovered in Damascus in the mid nineteenth century, it was acquired by the University Art Museum of Dorpat (modern Tartu, Estonia). Regrettably, it was lost in World War I.
Thomas M. Weber. Sculptures from Roman Syria in the Syrian National Museum of Damascus. Vol I, from Cities and Villages in Central and Southern Syria. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft. Worms. 2006.
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