Sem 116
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 116 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||||||
| Subject | Human head | ||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 17.5, w. 12.2, th. 7.2 | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Chronology |
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| Notes on support and decorations | High-relief male face emerging from a small and squared slab. The large face shows calotte-shaped hair, short forehead, deep eye sockets with arched incised eyebrows, straight nose and small mouth. The cheeks are rather flat, with a sizeable curtain beard, which ends at the small ears. The eyes were finished with inlays. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | Most part of this kind of face plaques originates from the Sabaean area (cf. Lombardi 2016: 56 ff.), but not exclusively. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1899: 61 | 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] |
| Nielsen 1927: 162, pl. 54 | Nielsen, Ditlef 1927. Handbuch der altarabischen Altertumskunde. Copenhagen: A. Busck. |
| Lombardi 2016: 56-62 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2016. South Arabian funerary stelae from the British Museum collection. With contribution by Fabio Eugenio Betti. (Arabia Antica, 11). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |