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Ja 442 C 97


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

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 12966/15978
NotesFormer number of the Museo Nazionale Romano: MNR 121056 (C. Zoli - C. Ansaldi Collection 1933)

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 18
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderWoman
      Part of human bodyComplete figure
      Human gestureArms stretching out, Standing
      Human clothes and attributesLong skirt
      Human jewelleryNecklace, Bracelet
      ViewFrontal
Notes on support and decorationsComplete female statuette standing on low socle. Interesting the dress: she wears a long skirt, held tightly around the waist by a cloth with fringes, usually dressed by man.
Probably the representation of woman of high rank or of a priestsess.
Proposed dating: 3rd/1st cent BC (Antonini 2012).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī al-Jawf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ansaldi 1933: fig. 77Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Jamme 1956 a: pp. 64-65, n. 442, pl. VIJamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
Antonini 2001: p. 107, C97, pl. 59Antonini, 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]
Antonini 2012: p. 238, n. 54Antonini, 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.