Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 116676=1924,1209.3 |
Notes | Donated by Lt-Cdr C. Cranfurd. Findspot: Aden Protectorate |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
Material | Alabaster | ||||||
Measures | h. 22, w. 9.5, th. 9 | ||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | A head with a long neck probably representing a woman (the face has no beard). The face is narrow oval shaped, with a long narrow nose with the bridge between the nostrils indicated; large eyes carved in low relief (the pupils were originally inlaid), a small tight lipped mouth, and slightly protruding chin. The head was probably originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche. |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Archaeological context | Funerary context |
Link to site record |
Antonini 2001: 161-162, pl. 108 | Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |