Adoration of the Magi token (1973,0501.15)

Type: Portable Object
Tags: Adoration of the Magi, C5th-C6th, Christ, Late Antique, Magi, Pilgrimage Object, Portable Object, Qalat Seman, Star, Syria, Terracotta, Token, Virgin Mary

Adoration of the Magi token (1973,0501.14)

Type: Portable Object
Tags: Adoration of the Magi, C5th-C6th, Christ, Late Antique, Magi, Pilgrimage Object, Portable Object, Qalat Seman, Star, Syria, Terracotta, Token, Virgin Mary

Limestone funerary relief of a woman

This limestone bust of a woman is now in the garden of the National Museum of Damascus.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Limestone, Roman, Sculpture, Syria

Limestone funerary relief of a deceased couple

This limestone relief in the garden of the National Museum of Damascus depicts a deceased couple between two columns with an unfinished looking garland displayed above their heads.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Limestone, Roman, Sculpture, Syria

Basalt funerary stele of a woman

This basalt stele shows a full-length portrait of the deceased. It is currently on display in the garden of the National Museum of Damascus.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Funerary Stele, Roman, Sculpture, Syria

Basalt funerary stele with depiction of a family and a Greek inscription

This stele shows a large sculpture of a man accompanied by the smaller figures of a woman and child and a Greek inscription. It is currently displayed in the garden of the National Museum of Damascus.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Funerary Stele, Roman, Sculpture, Syria

Basalt funerary stele with Greek inscriptions and symbolic items

This funerary stele shows items that meant something to the deceased along with a crude Greek inscription. It is now displayed in the garden of the National Museum of Damascus.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Funerary Stele, Greek Inscription, Roman, Syria

Limestone representation of a deity with solar rays and a crescent moon

This detail of a relief in the garden of the National Museum of Damascus depicts a lunar deity framed within a crescent moon and wearing a radiate crown of solar rays.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Limestone, Roman, Sculpture, Syria

Basalt relief of the tauroctony

This basalt relief attached to the wall of the National Museum in Damascus shows the tauroctony, the central cult scene of Mithraism where Mithras slays the bull to ensure the passage of the seasons and the continued fertility of the Earth.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Mithras, Roman, Sculpture, Syria, Tauroctony

Basalt relief of winged victories

This basalt relief of winged victories is displayed on an exterior wall of the National Museum of Damascus. The relatively crude carving of the object reflects the difficulty of working with basalt.

Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Roman, Sculpture, Syria, Winged Victory