BM 139204 E 120
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 132904=1960,1212.3 |
| Notes | Donated by Lord Trevelyan. Acquired in Aden. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 23, w. 15, th. 11 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | A head of a female with a well modelled, realstic face. She has large eyes, which were originally painted, a small smile with protruding upper lip, an attractive tilt to her face, a fine protruding chin, and narrow jaw line. The head was originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche. The poll and sides have traces of plaster. The back surface in the natural bedding plane; the top is roughly finished. |
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: 166, pl. 115 | 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] |