The featured statuette represents an infant seated upright, raising his right upper extremity and supporting his weight with his left hand. The facial features indicate crying. The right hand is missing. The babe sits on a rectangular base on his left buttock. The left knee is bent inwards, whereas the right leg appears suspended behind the plinth.
Provenance: Latakia.
Substance: gypsum.
Height: 27 cm.
Era: Roman.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Ālihat aṭ-Ṭibb wa Mašāhidahā. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XXV 1975 (pp. 83-116).
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