This frame is shaped like the façade of a temple, with a stereotypical triangular pediment ornamented with six small circles. The antae feature ornamental plants, perhaps palmettes. The mirror itself has not survived.
Provenance: Palmyra (hypogeum of Yarḥāy).
Substance:alabaster.
Diameters: 16 cm x 8 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).
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