BM 122007 C 41
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 122007=1930,0613.3 |
| Notes | Donated by Mrs H.C. Gowan. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 10, w. 9.5, th. 9.5 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Small carved and well polished female head with enormous round staring lidded eyes, with the pupils carved for inlay, worried incised eyebrows, a small nose and puckered mouth, a round face with full cheeks, and large lobed ears. This head is carved almost fully in the round. The hair area is left rough and the poll is flat, and was presumably covered in plaster originally. The head originally belonged to a female standing statuette (cf. Antonini). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini 2001: 88, pl. 41 | Antonini, 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] |