This kuḥl container features a round convex framed glass mirror with a simple rhombus-shaped handle at one end and two symmetrical small circular holes at the other end.
Provenance: Hauran.
Substance: marble.
Dimensions: height 13.2 cm, thickness 2.7 cm diameter of the mirror 4.5 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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