Palmyrene Limestone Loculus Cover in the University of Pennsylvania Musuem, November 2009

Limestone Loculus Cover
Palmyra
2nd century AD

# CBS 8904

This bust of a woman of high status, perhaps a priestess, is adorned with an elaborate headdress and jewelry. Palmyra's inhabitants spoke Aramaic and Greek in the 2nd century AD, when this cover was carved. The "Aramaic" epitaph here is false, however. It was added in modern times to increase its market value.

Text from the U. Penn. Museum label.