CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 116676=1924,1209.3
NotesDonated by Lt-Cdr C. Cranfurd. Findspot: Aden Protectorate

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 22, w. 9.5, th. 9
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderWoman
      Part of human bodyHead
Notes on support and decorationsA head with a long neck probably representing a woman (the face has no beard). The face is narrow oval shaped, with a long narrow nose with the bridge between the nostrils indicated; large eyes carved in low relief (the pupils were originally inlaid), a small tight lipped mouth, and slightly protruding chin.
The head was probably originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextFunerary context
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini 2001: 161-162, pl. 108Antonini, 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]