Deposit | Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 21.54 (Foster Collection) |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
Material | Alabaster | ||||||
Measures | h. 24, w. 11, th. 7 | ||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Long, cylindrical neck with three necklines. Head finishing at the hairline. Facial features well characterized: almond-shaped eyes with deep pupils, and small, plump mouth. The alabaster head is inserted in a limestone inscribed base. |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Link to site record |
Title | CIAS T 67/s 4/47.12 |
Concordance | E 61; CSAI I, 367 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Link to epigraph record |