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Melpomene was one of the nine Greek muses and patron of tragedy. She is depicted here holding a mask of Pan or a satyr, instead of the tragic mask usually associated with her. This relief is one of a group of architectural sculptures that were discovered near the temenos gate of the temple of Qasr al-Bint in Raqmu-Petra, which probably decorated an earlier structure at the location. Nabataean, first half of the 1st century CE. From Raqmu-Petra, Jordan. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, February 18). Melpomene from Raqmu-Petra. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10094/melpomene-from-raqmu-petra/
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