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This article uncovers how unveiled female sculptures signify age and social roles in Palmyra, indicating cultural practices.
This article explores a significant group of female funerary representations depicted with unveiled heads. It is discussed whether these representations were intended to indicate age and a certain stage in life – a trait which is otherwise almost absent in the Palmyrene funerary reliefs. Furthermore it is discussed whether these portraits indicated certain social roles.
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