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Funerary portrait of Moqimu
Palmyrene
Imperial Period
A.D. 150–200
Place of Manufacture: Syria, Palmyra
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Overall: 58.5 x 42cm (23 1/16 x 16 9/16in.)
Mounted: 50.8 × 21.6 × 67.6 cm (20 × 8 1/2 × 26 5/8 in.)
Mounted: 50.8 × 21.6 × 67.6 cm (20 × 8 1/2 × 26 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Dana Estes
Accession Number10.79a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 399; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 116 (additional published references).
DescriptionNose and lips are damaged, and the background is cut or broken irregularly on the man's left. Otherwise the preservation is good.
This young to middle-aged man has his ample locks arranged in large, tight curls around the forehead and over the ears. He also wears a beard of smaller, simple curls. His half-figure bust is clothed in a chiton and ample himation. He holds a key or a document (?) , marked or sealed with an incised X, in his left hand, a signet ring on the little finger.
His ears are not fully carved out, suggesting these and other details were finished in paint. He has a strong face, characterized by rope-like eyebrows, a wrinkled forehead, and an incised mustache and whiskers under the lower lip.
[Label text]:
Inscribed: "Moqimu, son of Elahbel, son of Harian, son of Gaddha 'Alas'"
This young to middle-aged man has his ample locks arranged in large, tight curls around the forehead and over the ears. He also wears a beard of smaller, simple curls. His half-figure bust is clothed in a chiton and ample himation. He holds a key or a document (?) , marked or sealed with an incised X, in his left hand, a signet ring on the little finger.
His ears are not fully carved out, suggesting these and other details were finished in paint. He has a strong face, characterized by rope-like eyebrows, a wrinkled forehead, and an incised mustache and whiskers under the lower lip.
[Label text]:
Inscribed: "Moqimu, son of Elahbel, son of Harian, son of Gaddha 'Alas'"
ProvenanceDana Estes (b. 1841 - d. 1909), Brookline, MA; 1910, gift of the estate of Dana Estes to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1910)