B 9
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 132222=1957,1012.1 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 22, w. 7.2, th. 6.8 | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | This type of stylized and squared statuette is called "by pillar-shaped legs" (Rathjens 1955: 64-66; Antonini 2001: 36). Arms defined by a deep groove; breasts represented as small lumps placed at the waist. Pillar projecting legs marking the lateral limits of the statuette's block; hands and feet rendered with simple incised parallel lines. Almost triangular and flat face with very large eyes, triangular nose and large mouth. Dress not defined. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | B 9 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rathjens 1955 | Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| Antonini 2001 | 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] |