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Picture 210

Funerary bust of a male from Palmyra in Syria, c.2nd century AD (late).

The bust is carved from Limestone and is inscribed with "Atlas, Varhay, son of Yarhay, son of Halapta" in the Palmyrene script and dialect of the Aramaic language.

 


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