SculptureSyrian2nd century CE

Funerary Relief of a Man and Child

c. 150 CE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Limestone

Culture

Syrian

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Century

2nd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

66 cm h x 56.5 cm w x 22 cm d (26 x 22 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Semitic Museum, Cambridge, MA, (by 1941), transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

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