CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 1994,1107.2
NotesExported from Aden in 1963 and donated by Dr R.L. Green.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 18.5, w. 14.1, th. 13.5
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderMan
      Part of human bodyHead
Notes on support and decorationsMale head, eyes hollowed and originally inlaid, incised eyebrows, triangular (damaged nose), moustache and small mouth. The oval face has full cheeks, long and flat ears, high brow. The rounded top head shows thick, wavy incisions.
The head's surface is covered by a dark incrustation.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini 2001: 88, pl. 39Antonini, 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]