Keywords: Palmyrene - Funerary Portrait of a Priest from Palmyra - Walters 22475 - Three Quarter Left.jpg Palmyra a city in northern Syria grew rich from the caravan trade along the incense road which linked South Arabia and the Near East From the 1st century AD the city was part of the Roman Empire; this head of a priest displays a fascinating combination of Roman and local artistic traditions AD 1st-2nd century limestone H 9 13/16 x W 5 1/2 x Diam 6 5/16 in 25 x 14 x 16 cm accession number 22 475 76362 Arthur Houghton Cockeysville Maryland between 1964 and 1965 by purchase in Beirut Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr Arthur Houghton 2008 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Palmyra Syria Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Funerary reliefs from Palmyra in the United States Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |