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MNAO 10317


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

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 10317/11511
NotesLivadiotti collection (1971).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief
SubjectHuman face
MaterialAlabaster
DimensionsH. 30.4
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderMan
      Part of human bodyFace
      ViewFrontal
Notes on support and decorationsStela with human face in relief representing a man. The stela has rounded corners (not all of them preserved). The face is characterized by a thick beard, flat and elongated eyebrows with holes for the placing of a coloured substance (bitumen?).
Proposed dating: 6th/5th cent BC (Antonini 2012)
According to Antonini (2012) the stela reflects a Sabeaen style.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Shabwa governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini 2012: p. 249, n. 85Antonini, Sabina 2012. Catalogo. Immagini funerarie. Pages 239-250 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.