BM 102481 C 46
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 102481=1907,1012.6) |
| Notes | Purchased from Charles Albert Brenchley through George Hallett. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Measures | h. 10.3, w. 7.8, th. 3.9 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | This black stone fragment of a female face is particularly finely carved and highly polished. Once part of a small sculpted head, this fragment retains a left lidded eye and part of the right, a left incised eyebrow originally inlaid, the left cheek and part of right, a little aquiline nose, and a small full lipped mouth with a sweet smile. The pupil of the eye, hollowed for inlay, contains a crystalline yellow material, which could be either the remains of inlay. This head was belonging to a statuette. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini 2001: 89-90, pl. 43 | 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] |