didoofcarthage:Funerary relief from Syria, probably Palmyra. 2nd-3rd century A.D. Limestone. Metropo
didoofcarthage:Funerary relief from Syria, probably Palmyra. 2nd-3rd century A.D. Limestone. Metropolitan Museum of Art.From the Met:This sculpture in high relief shows full-length figures of a man, his son, and two daughters. It is a gravestone depicting a banquet scene that probably sealed the opening of a family burial niche in Palmyra. The man is reclining on a richly decorated couch, holding a palm spray or cluster of dates in his right hand and a cup in his left. The two daughters wear veils, necklaces, and earrings. The son wears a necklace and holds grapes in his right hand and a bird in his left. It bears a Palmyrene Aramaic inscription giving the names of each of the deceased and five generations of their paternal ancestors. -- source link