Brackets functioned as statue pedestals.
Vertical line of a 'pale yellow' colour (as enhanced?) runs almost down middle of page.
Confirmation needed34° 33′ 45.9″ N, 38° 15′ 26.8″ EPalmyra Castle, also known as Fakhr-al-Din al-Ma'ani Castle (Arabic: قلعة فخر الدين المعني‎) or Tadmur Castle, is a castle overlooking Palmyra in the province of Homs, Syria.
Robert "Palmyra" Wood, Giovanni Battista Borra, et al.
Field notes and sketches from trip to the Levant, 1750-51. Written manuscript by Wood's daughter.
Human figure with wings visible behind his head. (Winged ears?)
Height in published drawing (Tab. 23) 2.3, so 2 feet 3 inches. "5" obviously an error.
Very distinctive motif on the pedestal/upsidedown capital(?)
Auto-suggestion may not be correct location
The sculpted portrait looks more in 18th century style than classical
the Semitic language of the Arabs, spoken by some 150 million people throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Towards the north.Facing the north.https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/northward
Perforation in the upper right corner of the page. Is this from the binding process?
a rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wall.https://www.britannica.com/technology/pilaster
goddess (in cuneiform we mark deities as a type of person)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132543
Fold in page. Is this deliberate manipulation of the page by the user(s) to mark out a page from among others? [Why is this digital version of the page cropped? What potentially significant information about this text-object has been filtered out at the scanning/image editing stage and why?]
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Tear in lower right corner of page. (Where is the edge of the page? Why is part of the text-object cropped away?)
A local herbalist with a notoriously gravelly voice.
Architectural feature. According to the publication, Corinthian style.
Joanna Ashe, https://uk.linkedin.com/in/joanna-ashe-93005135
Alternative transcription of pasha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashaw
architectural feature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modillion
The Arch of Septimius Severus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monumental_Arch_of_Palmyra
Unrealistically detailed representation of architectural ruins
This is the title of this section of the Wood diary.
Outer wall of the Temple of Bel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Bel
Detail is clearer in published illustration.
Last word unclear also in the original drawing.