Ja 2206
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 116677=1924,1209.4 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 20, w. 9 (of the base), th. 8 (of the base) | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Statuette of a seated figure inscribed on the chest. The figure is sitting on a stool, whose legs are visible from the lateral faces of the statuette. The large head finishes at the hairline, the triangular nose is very large. The eyes are inlaid with shell and set with bitumen (the left on is partially preserved), and the pupils are separately inlaid in circular drilled holes (missing). The eyebrows are wide and deeply incised and were possibly also inlaid. Hair is indicated with vertical, wavy incisions. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Ja 2206 |
| Concordance | B 27 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Link to epigraph record |