Deposit | München, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, inv. 89-312 302 |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||||||
Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||
Measures | h. 39, w. 14, th. 15 | ||||||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Left hand broken. The man wears a skirt folded in front. The almost triangular-shaped head finishes at the hairline; on the temples flat curly hair are visible. Facial features well characterised: large empty orbits, long and thin nose, small mouth, dimple on the chin, beard (realized as a relief collar). The short moustaches and eyebrows are blackened. |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context |
Link to site record |
Title | SMV 89-312 302 |
Concordance | C 28; CSAI I, 982 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Link to epigraph record |