NAM 65
By kind permission of GOAM
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 65=AM 11 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||
| Measures | h. 23, w. 8.6, th. 6 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Very roughly worked statuette. Short bust, with squared shoulders and small pointed teats; pillar projecting legs marking the lateral limits of the statuette's block. Almost triangular flat face with large flapping ears, incised eyes, flat large nose; mouth coinciding with the lower deep limit of the nose. Dress not defined. The base of chair constitutes also the statuette's inscribed base. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This object, which belongs to the typology of the statuettes with "pillar-shaped legs" (Antonini 2001: 36), has a close parallel with another piece in the collection of the National Museum of Aden, RES 3902 n. 105. Only the face, oval-shaped, is slightly different.
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | NAM 65 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini 2001 | 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] |