Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Covers for Bronze Mirrors

 

The displayed mirror covers are in the form of a convex disc. The hangers end with a bust of a woman and another of a man.

Provenance: Ḥimṣ
Substance:bronze. 
Diameters: 14.5 cm, and 15 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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