A high-relief bust of Athena (Allāt) depicting the goddess in the style typical of Greco-Roman art. She is crowned with a helmet and clad in a breastplate (aegis) of goatskin featuring a gorgoneion. Compared with the neck, the head is disproportionately small. The face is oval in shape and slightly turned to the left. A round, protruding shield covers the left arm and is held by the right hand. The left upper extremity is hidden behind the shield. The right upper extremity is bare and bent to form a right angle at the elbow. The aegis is fixed on the shoulders with rounded brooches, and the gorgoneion is attached to the goatskin with crossed strings.
Provenance: a tomb in Tell ʾUmm Ḥōrān (Darʿā Governorate).
Substance: bronze.
Height: 12.6 cm.
Era: Roman (2nd - 3rd century CE).
Text; adapted from Weber (p. 51).
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.
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