754 Items
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
Views of artefacts in the garden of Damascus National Museum
Views of the garden of the National Museum in Damascus that is used to display primarily Classical and Late Antique sculpture, sarcophagi and architectural elements.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Late Antique, Limestone, Roman, Sculpture, Syria
Trench 3, end of excavation shots
These images were taken on the final day of the excavation season.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Euphrates, Syria, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh
Test pit looking for sterile soil in trench 3
This test trench was dug at the westernmost end of trench 3 to confirm that there was no earlier occupation level under the Byzantine era dwelling.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Syria, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh