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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1801937, member: 56859&quot;]I read through all of the Mesopotamia entries in this book and the Edessa Elagablus entry is the closest.&nbsp; No others mention a column.&nbsp; It does not mention whether the bust is laureate or radiate.&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; My best guess at this point is that it is a variant of this type.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Mionnet entry:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]292855[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>With the help of Google Translate (which often is not very accurate),</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">(obverse) laureate of Elagable , bust left , right hand raised , left arm armed with a shield</span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">(reverse) Tourrelée and veiled woman sitting on a rock, left, holding ears of the right hand in front of her , a column at his feet, a river swimming</span></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the reference cited in the wildwinds example shown in my first post.&nbsp; I wonder how they decided the statue was Marsyas?&nbsp; Seems unfitting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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