Funerary Relief of a Woman and Two Children
SculptureSyrian2nd century CE

Funerary Relief of a Woman and Two Children

c. 150 CE

Classification
Sculpture
Technique
Carved
Medium
Limestone
Culture
Syrian
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Century
2nd century CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

71.5 cm h x 56.5 cm w x 27 cm d (28 1/8 x 22 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[Market, Damascas, (by 1907)], sold; to Alden Sampson (New York), Richard Norton (Cambridge, MA), and Edward Waldo Forbes (Cambridge, MA) (1907-1908), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1908.

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