Sem 692
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 692 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Slab | ||||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||||
| Measures | h. 30.0, w. 45.5, th. 8.6-9.7 | ||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Chronology |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Fragment of limestone slab with male face in low relief. The face is quite circular, with curly hair schematically realized, small eyes (without eyebrows), thin nose, full lips, with drooping moustaches. Two snakes, intertwined beneath the neck, encircle this face. The relief is rather flat. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The iconography and style of this face is referable to the Himyarite period, especially for the realization of hair and moustaches. Cf. Antonini de Maigret 2012: 154, fig. 176 and fig. 177 (colour plates).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Nielsen 1927: 168, fig. 60 | Nielsen, Ditlef (ed.) 1927. Die altarabische Kultur. Ditlef Nielsen, Handbuch der altarabischen Altertumskunde. 1. Copenhagen: A. Busck. |
| Catalogue 2000: 394-395, cat. 412 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| Antonini de Maigret 2012 | Antonini de Maigret, Sabina 2012. South Arabian art. Art history in pre-Islamic Yemen. (Orient & Méditerranée, 10). Paris: De Boccard. |