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This relief is rectangular with a centrally-placed male bust. A man, Malkai, is portrayed on a grave relief from Palmyra, Syria. The object is well-preserved, only with small fragments missing from the edge. The portr...

Two boys are depicted on a grave stele. Both of their names are attested, the left figure as Philinos and the right as Taimaḥâ. The overall object is well preserved with slightly fragmented frame, especially in the up...

The head is made of limestone. The tip of nose and part of chin is missing. Damage around the left ear, which has almost disappeared.
Red paint can still be seen with the naked eye as irises in both eyes.

The relief is made of Pentelic marble; white, fine grained marble with a very strong red patina. Overall the relief seems unfinished, and the background has criss-cross traces of tooth chisel.
The relief has been exa...

The head is made of limestone, and is intact except from small cuts in the surface. Traces of red paint can be observed in the hair and on the wreath with the naked eye.
Frederik Poulsen (Poulsen, 1951) noted traces...

On the portait of the Roman emperor Caligula well-preserved paint enhances the striking appearance. Mixtures of different pigments have been used to achieve refined tonal and realistic effects using carbon-based black...

The relief is made of Pentelic white marble with grey stripes and yellow patina. The acroteria and the lower right hand corner are broken off. Other breaks have been mended in plaster.
The relief has been examined wi...

The polychromy on the antefix is rather well-preserved. The colour palette is comprises calcite, yellow ochre, red ochre, umber, carbon black and Egyptian blue. Nuances are achieved by superposition of layers of diffe...