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MNAO 10333


By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 10333/11527
NotesCollection Livadiotti (1971).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsl. 5.8, w. 2.1
Notes on support and decorationsFragment of arm (preserved until the elbow) of a bronze statue, probable representing a standing male. Considering the hole with trasversal section visible in the hand, the statue is supposed to hold and object (rod? shaft?)
Proposed dating: 1st cent BC/ 2nd cent AD (Antonini 2012).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Shabwa governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini and D'Amore 2012: p. 251, n. 91Antonini, Sabina and D'Amore, Paola 2012. Catalogo. Bronzi. Pages 251-255 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.