Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 477 |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
Material | Alabaster | ||||||
Measures | h. (max.) 25, w. 15 | ||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Human head, probably representing a woman, with eyes hollowed for inlay, long fine eyebrows, shaped pouting mouth, straight nose, slender neck and chin length hair. The head was originally set on an inscribed base. |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | Breton reports a provenance from Timnaʿ, hence we suppose that the object originates from its necropolis, Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl. |
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