Funerary relief bust

Object Details

• Description

  Head and bust of a woman in high relief.

• Inscriptions

  The inscriptions carved on this relief bust, written in Aramaic, identify the figure as a woman named Haliphat and date her death to the year 231.

• Provenance

  To 1908

  Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, Syria, to 1908 [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, in 1908 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5601, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Palmyra (June 5 to December 14, 2015; August 13, 2018 - ongoing)

  Facing East: Portraits from Asia (July 1 to September 4, 2006)

  America Meets Asia at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 9, 1993 to August 8, 1994)

  Christian Art (January 1, 1963 to May 15, 1968)

  Untitled Exhibition, Armenian and Byzantine Art (July 28, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 6 Alcove (February 25, 1956 to July 22, 1958)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, East Corridor (October 26, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

  Special Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts and East Christian Art (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1947 (June 18, 1947 to October 26, 1955)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Joseph Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Palmyra, Homs, Syria

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Freer North Corridor

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  200s

• Name

  Marcopoli, Joseph, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Palmyra, Homs

• Topic

  Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Portraits, Funerary, Woman

• Culture

  Middle Easterners, Syrians

• Object Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Yes