BM 132910 E 124
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 132910=1960,1212.2 |
| Notes | Donated by Dr Sidney E. Croskery. Acquired in Ṣanʿāʾ in 1942. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 21, w. 10, th. 7 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | A fine white calcite-alabaster head, possibly of a female with the eyes not indicated, a small pouting mouth, a long triangular nose with some shaping at the base, a slightly protruding chin and a thick neck. The head was probably originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche. The poll and back are roughly tooled. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini 2001: 167, pl. 116 | 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] |