Ancient Palmyra

Portrait busts

	1. Portrait bust of Zabdibol. Funerary relief. Ca. 100 A.D. (Damascus Museum)
	2. Limestone portrait bust of M. J. Maximus Aristes, 2-3rd c. A.D. (Paris: Louvre). 22.5" tall.
	3. Limestone portrait bust of a woman, 2-4th c. A.D. (Paris: Louvre). 11.5" tall.

Stone relief

1. Marble sarcophagus relief detail: The muses and a man of letters, 2nd half of 3rd century A.D. (Rome: Musivaz). The Asiatic style here seen in use of nitches, arcades, monumental architectural form, and a focus on inner life rather than action.