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Ja 440


Front side
By kind permission of Museon Nazionale d'Arte Orientale
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Front side
By kind permission of Museon Nazionale d'Arte Orientale
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Left side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Right side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Back side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 13025/16037
NotesFormer number of Museo Nazionale Romano: MNR 121114 (C. Zoli - C. Ansaldi Collection -1933-)

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 6.8
Notes on support and decorationsFemale head probably belonging to a statuette. Interesting the hairstyle, divided on the top of the head from a central parting with regular incisions placed according to a radiating disposition.
Proposed dating: 3rd/1st cent. BC (Antonini 2012).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Shabwa governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1956 a: p. 61, n. 440, pl. VIJamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
Antonini 2012: p. 250, n. 88Antonini, Sabina 2012. Catalogo. Immagini funerarie. Pages 239-250 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.