CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

BM 102461 C 26


By kind permission of British Museum

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 102461=1907,0112.5
NotesDonated by Princess Louise of Prussia, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 16, w. 18, th. 8
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderMan
      Human gestureStanding, Arms stretching out
      Human clothes and attributesTunic
Notes on support and decorationsYellow calcite-alabaster statue of very square proportions; representing a bearded man with stubble beard and moustache indicated by dots; arms cleaving to body to the elbows then broken but with hands originally extended; wearing a long plain tunic; standing on a small, rectangular base; pupils of eyes originally inlaid; old drill hole in the right elbow; traces of waxy consolidant over all surfaces.
Head broken off but rejoined; inlaid pupils missing.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextFunerary context
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conti Rossini 1925: 185Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1925. Iscrizioni sabee. Rendiconti Accademia dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche 6, 1: 169-193.
Bordreuil, Briquel-Chatonnet and Gubel 1999: 250, fig. 8Bordreuil, Pierre, Briquel-Chatonnet, Françoise and Gubel, Eric 1999. Bulletin d'antiquités archéologiques du Levant inédites ou méconnues. Baalim VII. Syria, 76: 237-280. 2015/06/26; http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/syria_0039-7946_1999_num_76_1_7615.
Antonini 2001: 83-84, pl. 34Antonini, 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]
Simpson 2002: 192, cat. 264Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]
Gunter 2005: cat. 23Gunter, Ann C. (ed.) 2005. Caravan kingdoms. Yemen and the ancient incense trade. Washington: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.