BM 130664 E 95
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 130664=1953,1114.1 |
| Notes | Donated by H.J. Macintosh. Acquired in Ṣanʿāʾ. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 20.3, w. 10.8, th. 5.7 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | A striking, well carved, male head with wide set incised eyes (originally with inlaid pupils), incised eyebrows tracing a strong brow ridge, a broad pointed nose, a small mouth with a faint smile, realistically modelled cheeks and chin, small protrusions for ears and a thick neck. Incised dots, made with a pointed tool, indicate a short beard, moustache, and tuft of hair just under lower lip. The head was originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche. There are rifler marks across surface of the face; the poll is roughly tooled whereas the back is finished flat. |
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: 160, pl. 106 | 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] |