PM 30-47-7
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, PM 30-47-7 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||
| Measures | h. 35, w. 9, th. 8.5; base h. 2.5 | ||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Limestone statuette representing a man standing on an uninscribed base. The arms, broken at the elbows, are stretching out. The man wears a long skirt, open on the front. The face is rounded with collar beard, rounded eyes with drilled pupils, large, triangular nose and small mouth. The calotte-shaped hair frames the forehead. On the back the incised line of the spine is visible and another rounded line defines the limit of the hair. Legs and feet are carved only on the front, while on the back the stone block is unfinished. Surface completely blackened and rusty. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Legrain 1934 b: 78, fig. 4 | Legrain, Léon 1934. Au pays de la reine de Saba. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6/11: 65-85. |