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Sem 118
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 118 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face | ||||||||
| Top | Convex | ||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 13.5, w. 8.9, th. 2.35 | ||||||||
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| Notes on support and decorations | Alabaster funerary stela with large orange veining. On the convex top the lozenge-shaped eyes with circular deep pupils and triangular projecting nose are carved. The mouth is not represented. Surface well polished. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | On the potential area of origin of the stela, see the cultural notes. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
This stela represents a hybrid: for its shape, size and material it is comparable with the aniconic stelae of Qatabanian origin; for the schematic facial features, it appears to belong to the Minaean tradition. It not to be excluded that this object was commissioned by a Minaean residing in Timnaʿ.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1899: 59 | Müller, David H. (ed.) 1899. Südarabische Altertümer im Kunsthistorischen Hofmuseum. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. [Im Auftrage und mit Unterstützung des Oberstlämmerer-Amtes seiner K. und K. Apost. Majestät] |