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.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
29th August 2010
Contributor
Joshua Bryant
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Museum Exhibit
Tags
Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Funerary Stele, Greek Inscription, Roman, Syria
Collection
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Basalt funerary stele with Greek inscriptions and symbolic items,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed November 21, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/793.