Sunday, April 5, 2026

An Amber Statuette

 

This amber statuette was on display during the 1969 exhibition of classical artifacts at the National Museum of Damascus. Neither provenance nor dimensions are provided. The sculpture features a naked woman carrying an object, perhaps a cornucopia, in her left hand. The lower extremities are amputated below the knees.

Bašīr Zuhdī. Maʿraḍ al-ʾĀṯār al-Klasīqīyyā. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XIX 1969 (pp. 77-83).

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