BM 141551 E 76
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 141551=1985,0223.20 |
| Notes | Donated by D.B. Doe, MBE. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 20.9, w. 16.3, th. 12.6 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Large, finely carved and highly polished, yellow calcite-alabaster, male head with deep almond shaped eye-sockets, incised eyebrows and moustache, and a circular hole below the lower lip, indicasting a dimple. The face is delicate, with finely modelled cheeks and chin, a realistic nose and mouth with a small smile, and a narrow jaw. A short curtain beard with incised lines, set back off the jaw-line, fringes the face, and the narrow shape of the face is offset by two protruding incised ears. The poll is flat and roughly carved; the back is the natural bedding plane surface of the stone. The head was originally set in a niche. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe 1971: 259, pl. 18 (far right) | Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson. |
| Antonini 2001: 155, pl. 100 | 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] |