Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 609 |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||||||||
Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||||
Measures | h. 79.5, w. 22, th. 19 | ||||||||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Statue of Awsanite king wearing a pleated tunic and a draped cloak, sandals with high sole and a thong between the second and third toe. On the head a circular cap or crown. Body well moulded with rounded shoulders and robust arms; facial features well characterized with oval regular face, long wavy curly hair with central parting, large flapping ears, large turned down eyes made with inlays (only the left one preserved), straight nose, small fleshy mouth, moustache and beard realized with blackened dots. In the space between the legs the stone is not cut. The holes on both the closed hands suggest that the king held something. Back well refined with very careful moulding and details of the pleated tunic, cloak and hair, with three large curly locks. Inscription filled with black colour. CIAS gives different measures of the object: h. 70, w. 28, th. 19. |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Markha |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Title | CIAS F 58/s 4/49.10 n° 3 |
Concordance | RES 3888; Q 87; C 57; CSAI III, 14 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite |
Link to epigraph record |