An Ancient Mirror (Dibsī)

 

This glass mirror is fixed with gypsum onto its marble frame. The mirror is circular in shape with the exception of a pediment-like structure on top where a hole was pierced.

Provenance: Dibsī (northeast of Aleppo). 

Diameter: 4.2 cm. 

Era: Roman. 

Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.

 

Bašīr Zuhdī. Lamḥā ʿan al-marāyā al-qadīmā wa namāḏiǧihā  fi al-matḥaf al-waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XX 1970 (pp. 9 - 27).