Sem 1286
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 1286 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. 15.7, w. 12.2, th. 9.7 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Female head ending at the hairline. This almost triangular face shows large almond-shaped eyes and eyebrows deeply carved (originally inlaid), a long (chipped) nose and a small mouth, realized with an incision. The small ears are slightly protruding, while the hair are realized with triangular lateral locks (the left one is broken). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | Although this head is reported by the Museum as originating from Maʾrib, this kind of female head with lateral triangular locks is typical of the Qatabanian area (see, for example, Cleveland 1965: TC 1543 and TC 2259). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Cleveland 1965: 7, pl. 11 (TC 1543); 9, pl. 23 (TC 2259) | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |