Abstract
The recent acquisition of a Palmyrene funerary bust by the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts (hereafter, MIA) provides a suitable occasion for a
recollation of the inscription most recently catalogued as PAT 738. 1 The
inscription received its initial publication by sébastien Ronzevalle in
1910, with a sketchily-drawn autograph, and was subsequently catalogued
as RÉS 990 and CIS 4379.2 subsequent to its initial publication, this inscription has received little further interest, garnering mention only— to the best of our knowledge—in Jürgen Kurt stark’s discussion of Personal Names in Palmyrene Inscriptions.3 This paper seeks to provide an updated description of this funerary epigraph, a detailed analysis of its script, and high-quality photographs of the inscription.
Institute of Arts (hereafter, MIA) provides a suitable occasion for a
recollation of the inscription most recently catalogued as PAT 738. 1 The
inscription received its initial publication by sébastien Ronzevalle in
1910, with a sketchily-drawn autograph, and was subsequently catalogued
as RÉS 990 and CIS 4379.2 subsequent to its initial publication, this inscription has received little further interest, garnering mention only— to the best of our knowledge—in Jürgen Kurt stark’s discussion of Personal Names in Palmyrene Inscriptions.3 This paper seeks to provide an updated description of this funerary epigraph, a detailed analysis of its script, and high-quality photographs of the inscription.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 91–115 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Maarav |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |