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BM 140657 E 10
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 140657=1986,1004.1 |
| Notes | Bequeathed by Sir Charles Johnston. Ex-collection Amir Salih bin Husayn, Emir of Bayḥān. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Dimensions | h. 21.7, w. 13.3, th. 7 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Female head with inlay for large eyes and expressive eyebrows now lost, coffee bean mouth, slender triangular nose, strong cheek bones, a long slender neck, and prominent incised ears high on the head. The head was originally set in an inscribed base or displayed inside a niche. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | The probably provenance from the cemetery of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl is proposed by Antonini. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini 2001: 137, pl. 77 | 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] |