A Palmyrene altar in the Cincinnati Art Museum

Dirven, Lucinda; Kaizer, Ted

Abstract

This article concerns the publication of an altar from Palmyra that it is possession of the Cincinnati Art Museum. The alter is decorated, uniquely, on all four sides, with reliefs representing Palmyrene deities: a seated goddess, an armed desert deity, a solar deity, and a Poseidonfigure carrying a trident. The alter provides the first instance of the latter figure appearing on Palmyrene sculpture.

Citation

Dirven, L., & Kaizer, T. (2013). A Palmyrene altar in the Cincinnati Art Museum. Syria. Archéologie, art et histoire, 90, 391-408

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 5, 2013
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 10, 2015
• Journal: Syria. Archéologie, art et histoire
• Print ISSN: 0039-7946
• Electronic ISSN: 2076-8435
• Publisher: Les Presses de l'Ifpo
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 90
• Pages: 391-408
• Keywords: Palmyra, Palmyrene religion, Sculpture, Poseidon.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1465402
• Publisher URL: http://www.ifporient.org/en/node/1392