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RES 4235
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Near East Section, Quill Jones Collection, 30-47-8 |
| Notes | Purchased from Quill Jones. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 36, w. 12.3, th. 6 | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Limestone statuette of a standing woman (?) with the arms stretching out. Very stylized body as a squared block. The legs and feet are not represented and the inscription is engraved on the body. The head is almost triangular-shaped, with flat face, large projecting eyes, large and flat nose and thin mouth. The hair hang alongside the face in two long triangular locks. The neck shows two deep necklines. The statuette is without base. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | RES 4235 |
| Concordance | Ry 126; Q 141; CSAI I, 917 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Legrain 1934 b: 78, fig. 6 | Legrain, Léon 1934. Au pays de la reine de Saba. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6/11: 65-85. |