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Louvre AO 20282
Calvet and Robin 1997: 114, cat. 25
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 20282 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 45.5, w. 13.3, th. 10.3 | ||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Figure wearing a plain dress with wrap around the waist, open on the front, of the same type as C 29. Body and head well moulded and characterized; legs and feet squat and massive. Man's shoulders small and falling; pectoral muscles slightly sketched. Head finishing at the hairline; face rounded, with large eyes, straight nose, plump mouth. Beard and moustache realized with incised dots showing remains of black colour. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Louvre AO 20282 |
| Concordance | C 30; CSAI I, 707 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |