Portrait of a Lady(Statue of the Dead)
- West Asia
- Palmyra, Syria
- from the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD
- Palmyra
- limestone
- 46.0cm in height
The city of Palmyra in central Syria achieved great prosperity in the period from the 1st to 3rd centuries as a trade center connecting the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire. On the wall shelves of the Palmyran tomb, there was a coffin, on which we could see a portrait of the dead. The portrait of a lady wearing a veil and dressing luxuries reminds us of the prosperity of Palmyra in the past. Inscribed on the back is the Arabic sentence "Arab daughter Akuma, are you sad?"