The image shows an ancient stone commemorative stele featuring a carved relief of a veiled woman wearing a long garment and standing under a triangular pediment and inside a rectangular niche delineated by two columns.
The sculpture features two Greek inscriptions; the first is located at the base of the pediment and is spread over three lines, and the second, right under the first, is carved in smaller characters and distributed over six lines in the space between the two capitals.
The impression is that of a façade of a classical temple as stereotypically depicted on ancient coins. This woman may therefore be a priestess.
Dimensions and provenance are not provided.
Era: Roman.
Photo credit: Dick Osseman (Wikimedia April 3, 2009).
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
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