BM 141566 E 16
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 141566=1985,0223.35 |
| Notes | Donated by D.B. Doe, MBE. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 18.5, w. 11, th. 7 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | A carved orange and red veined calcite-alabaster female head with the eyes drilled out for inlay, long grooves for eyebrows, a large triangular nose and a coffee bean shaped mouth. The head ends at a straight hairline, which descends two steps on either side to the incised ears. The head was originally displayed inside a niche. In the hair area there are horizontal tool marks on either side of the face and vertical marks on the top of the head. The back of the head is the naturally flat bedding plane of the stone. Nose and brow damaged. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | The probably provenance from the cemetery of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl is proposed by Antonini. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini 2001: 138-139, pl. 80 | 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] |