The wooden frame is all that's left of this mirror. The innermost circle presumably hosted the reflecting surface.
Provenance: Dura-Europos,.
Substance: wood.
Diameters: 10.5 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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