id:			144953
accession number:	1970.15
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.15
updated:		2024-03-26 02:40:35.412000

Procession of Nobles, 100–150 CE. Syria, Palmyra. Limestone; overall: 57.7 x 120.7 x 34.5 cm (22 11/16 x 47 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.15

title:				Procession of Nobles
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creation date:			100–150 CE
creation date earliest:		100
creation date latest:		150
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Syria, Palmyra
technique:	limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 57.7 x 120.7 x 34.5 cm (22 11/16 x 47 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T05:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Stories of Syria's Textiles: Art and Heritage across Two Millenia
	opening date:   2023-10-15T04:00:00
	<i>Stories of Syria's Textiles: Art and Heritage across Two Millenia</i>. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (organizer) (October 15, 2023-January 28, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	J.J. Klejman Works of Art, New York, NY
	date: by 1969
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fowlkes Childs, Blair. <em>Stories of Syria's Textiles</em>. Katonah: Katonah Museum of Art, in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc, 2023.
	page number: 	35
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	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 2 (1971): 22–71.
	page number: 	Ill. p. 26 (cat. 1).
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152361

	Kozloff, Arielle P. “Three Ancient near Eastern Celebrations and a Guest of Honor.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 1 (1974): 14–26.
	page number: 	See esp. pp. 20-22.
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152509

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 30
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n50

	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 333, fig. 9. Reproduced: p. 332, fig. 9
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

	Herrmann, Georgina. 1989. "Parthian and Sasanian Saddlery: New Light from the Roman West" in <em>Archaeologia Iraníca et Orientalis ii: Miscellanea in Honorem Louis Vanden Berghe</em>, eds. L. de Meyer, E. Haerinck, pp. 757-809. Gent.
	page number: 	Ill. pp. 801-802, pl. XII-XIII.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n28

	Nicolle, David, and Angus McBride. 1991. <em>The Desert Frontier. </em>Rome's Enemies, 5. London: Osprey.
	page number: 	Ill. p. 15.
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	Will, Ernest. 1992. <em>Les Palmyréniens : La Venise des sables (Ier siècle avant-Iiième siècle après J.-C.).</em> Collection Civilisations U. Paris: A. Colin.
	page number: 	See pp. 101-102 (ill.).
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	Sebesta, Judith Lynn, and Larissa Bonfante. <em>The World of Roman Costume. </em>Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.
	page number: 	Ill. p. 168, fig. 10.2.
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	Dirven, Lucinda. "Camels, Caravans and Deities: Representations of Camels in Palmyra and Hatra as Proof of Caravan Trade," in D. Alexander (ed.), <em>The Camel through the Ages. A Compendium dedicated to Dr. Abd Al-Rahmam Al- Tayyis Al-Ansari </em>Vol. II (Riyad 2020), 197-212.
	page number: 	Ill. pp. 197-198, 203 (Fig. 6).
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