This statuette represents the fortune goddess standing and holding a ship's helm with her right hand and a cornucopia with her left. The facial expression is that of serenity. The head is crowned with a polos, and the body is wrapped with an ample robe forming numerous folds.
Provenance: ?
Material: bronze.
Height: 65 mm.
Era: late first century CE?
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Tīkā wa Tamāṯīluhā fi al-Matḥaf al-Waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XVI 1966 (pp. 15-28).
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