This polished mirror is round in shape with a slightly convex surface featuring several concentric circles. The periphery is occupied by numerous tiny holes, probably for inserting hairpins. The mirror is broken into three pieces.
Provenance: ?
Substance: steel.
Diameter: 11.3 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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