Hon 8
By kind permission of British Museum
- By kind permission of British Museum
- Honeyman 1962: 43, pl.8
Image free from copyright
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 1995,0617.2 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face | ||||||
| Material | Marble | ||||||
| Measures | h. 17.9, w. 15.2, th. 6.7 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Almost triangular-shaped face, with large eyes and circular pupils, protruding long nose and slightly open mouth. Face finishing at the deep eyebrows; upper plain raised band. Low relief. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Hon 8 |
| Concordance | CSAI I, 382 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |