CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 132910=1960,1212.2
NotesDonated by Dr Sidney E. Croskery. Acquired in Ṣanʿāʾ in 1942.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 21, w. 10, th. 7
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderUndefined
      Part of human bodyHead
Notes on support and decorationsA fine white calcite-alabaster head, possibly of a female with the eyes not indicated, a small pouting mouth, a long triangular nose with some shaping at the base, a slightly protruding chin and a thick neck.
The head was probably originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche.
The poll and back are roughly tooled.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextFunerary context
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini 2001: 167, pl. 116Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]