This statuette represents a woman standing and holding a round mirror above her head. The wide-open eyes are marked with black dots. The dress is ample. The feet are missing.
Provenance: ?
Substance (frame): gypsum.
Dimensions: heights 22.5 cm, diameter of the mirror 6 cm with and 2.2 cm without the frame.
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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