BM 139203 E 125
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 139203=1981,0725.1 |
| Notes | Donated by Lord Trevelyan. Acquired by donor in Aden. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 24.5, w. 13.5, th. 9.5 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | White calcite-alabaster head of a man with the beard, moustache, and tuft of hair on the chin indicated by uniformly spaced drilled holes. The face has no eyes (as these were originally painted), a rectangular nose with some modelling of the nostrils, and bears a small smile; the face is smooth with very little modelling. The head was originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche. The head has a roughly worked back and poll; marks left by a metal point or awl, used to roughly finish the back, are clearly visible on the reverse. |
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: 167-168, pl. 116 | 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] |