CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Jean-François Breton

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 395

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 9, w. 10
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderMan
      Part of human bodyHead
      ViewFrontal
Notes on support and decorationsFragmentary human head with eyes hollowed for inlay, mouth hinting at a smile and straight nose.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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