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Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Tomb seal: portrait of a man and two children
Photo: Nathaniel Willson

Tomb seal: portrait of a man and two children

Date2nd century
Object number42.11
Provenance
Photo CreditPhoto: Nathaniel Willson
Exhibition HistoryBellevue, Washington, Bellevue Art Museum, 5,000 Years of Faces, January 28-July 30, 1983Published ReferencesAlbertson, Fred C., Three Palmyrene reliefs in the Colket Collection, University of Wyoming, in Syria, T. 77 (2000), p. 159-168 Fuller, Richard E. Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1946, p. 22 Heyn, Maura K., American Journal of Archaeology, The Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America, Gesture and Identity in the Funerary Art of Pamyra, ills. Fig. 7, pg. 639 Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 111 (b&w) Parlasca, Klaus, Palmyrenische Skulpturen in Museen an der amerikanischen Westjuste, Roman Funerary Monuments in the J. Paul Getty Museum [Volume 1] (1990), p. 133-144
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions19 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (49.6 x 52.1 x 11.4 cm)
MediumLimestone
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
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ca. 4th century
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ca. 3000 B.C.
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Photo: Paul Macapia
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2nd century
Object number: 55.130
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Object number: 44.16
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2323 - 2150 B.C.
Object number: 45.11
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ca. 800 B.C.
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