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Ja 390
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 130882=1951,0407.1 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||||||||||||
| Subject | Woman | ||||||||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 31.5, w. 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | No indication of clothing. Head finishing at the hairline and protruding from the upper limit of the slab. Facial features well characterized with projecting wide brow, deep eyes, straight nose, thin mouth and large pierced ears. Lower semicircle-shaped limit of the bust defined by a plain band. Two drilled holes over the shoulders. High relief. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Ja 390 |
| Concordance | Q 535; CSAI I, 617 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |