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.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
29th August 2010
Contributor
Joshua Bryant
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
unless otherwise indicated
Type
Museum Exhibit
Tags
Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Limestone, Roman, Sculpture, Syria
Collection
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Limestone representation of a deity with solar rays and a crescent moon,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed November 21, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/792.