The front of the block is carved in the shape of a bust of a beardless man on top of a curvilinear triangular element with six vertical grooves. The drapery of the tunic is visible on the shoulders.
Provenance: Mafʿalā.
Substance: limestone.
Height: 43 cm (72 cm according to Dunand).
Era: first century CE?
Texte: Weber (p. 119).
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
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.
Maurice Dunand. Le Musée de Soueïda, inscriptions et monuments figurés. Paris, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1934.
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